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The artist should be intoxicated with the idea of the thing he wants to express.

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
Wants
Idea
Artist
Ideas
Thing
Intoxicated
Drunkenness
Express

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