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Robert Henri
Age: 64 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 24
Died: 1929
Died: July 12
Artist
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Cincinnati
Ohio
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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.
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Life is finding yourself. It is a spirit development.
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The artist should be intoxicated with the idea of the thing he wants to express.
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Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.
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You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not.
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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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I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul
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Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living – very good things for anyone to be interested in.
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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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It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw.
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Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.
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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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A mountain seen in the haze of distance must nevertheless look a solid heavy mountain.
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Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money.
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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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What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture.
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Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.
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Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad.
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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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Lines are results, do not draw them for themselves.
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