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Each man must take the material that he finds at hand, see that in it there are the big truths of life, the fundamentally big forces, and then express in his art whatever is the cause of his pleasure.
Robert Henri
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Robert Henri
Age: 64 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 24
Died: 1929
Died: July 12
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Earle Henri
Robert Henry Cozad
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Art need not be intended. It comes inevitably as the tree from the root, the branch from the trunk, the blossom from the twig. None of these forget the present in looking backward or forward. They are occupied wholly with the fulfillment of their own existence.
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The model is not to be copied, but to be realized.
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Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture.
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The true artist regards his work as a means of talking with men [and women], of saying his say to himself and to others. It is not a question of pay.
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All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.
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You will never draw the sense of a thing unless you are feeling it at the time you work.
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Today must not be a souvenir of yesterday, and so the struggle is everlasting. Who am I today? What do I see today? How shall I use what I know, and how shall I avoid being victim of what I know? Life is not repetition.
Robert Henri
Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.
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The big painter is one who has something to say. He thus does not paint men, landscape or furniture, but an idea.
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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 artist should be intoxicated with the idea of the thing he wants to express.
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There is only one reason for art in America, and that is that the people of America learn the means of expressing themselves in their own time, and their own land.
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Self-acquainta nce is a rare condition.
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It seems to me that before a man tries to express anything to the world he must recognize in himself an individual, a new one, very distinct from others.
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Do not expect pictures to say the expected some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you.
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A weak background is a deadly thing.
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Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad.
Robert Henri
Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money.
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The good thing about painting from memory is that so much is forgotten.
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Students work in schools making life studies for years, win prizes for life studies and find in the end that they know practically nothing of the human figure. They have acquired the ability to copy.
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