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When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature.

Robert Henri

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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
Robert Earl Henri
Henri
Robert Cozad Henri
May
Searching
Persons
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Self
Creatures
Work
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Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.
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The fun of living is that we have to make ourselves, after all.
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I paint for the sole purpose of magnifying the privilege of being alive.
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