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In a tree there is a spirit of life, a spirit of growth and a spirit of holding its head up.

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Robert Henri
Age: 64 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 24
Died: 1929
Died: July 12
Artist
Painter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Earle Henri
Robert Henry Cozad
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The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish, and spirits must flow. There must be courage. There are no easy ruts to get into which lead to happiness. A man must become interesting to himself and must become actually expressive before he can be happy.
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Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.
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Completion does not depend on material representation. The work is done when that special thing has been said.
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Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers read, study and think a great deal of life.
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Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.
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The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly.
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Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value art not because of the skilled product, but because of its revelation of a life's experience.
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You can do anything you want to do. What is rare is this actual wanting to do a specific thing: wanting it so much that you are practically blind to all other things, that nothing else will satisfy you.
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