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Knowledge of anatomy is a tool like good brushes.

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Robert Henri
Age: 64 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 24
Died: 1929
Died: July 12
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Cincinnati
Ohio
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Beauty is an intangible thing can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. Nor will a pretty face make it, for pretty faces are often dull and empty, and beauty is never dull and it fills all spaces.
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I paint for the sole purpose of magnifying the privilege of being alive.
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By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to present your vision.
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Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own hands. All education must be self education.
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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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