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I paint for the sole purpose of magnifying the privilege of being alive.

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
Magnifying
Sole
Privilege
Paint
Alive
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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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Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you.
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Completion does not depend on material representation. The work is done when that special thing has been said.
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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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Good composition is like a suspension bridge each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is not composition. There must be motive for the connection. Get the art of controlling the observer – that is composition.
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Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.
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Life is finding yourself. It is a spirit development.
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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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You will never draw the sense of a thing unless you are feeling it at the time you work.
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All manifestations of art are but landmarks in the progress of the human spirit toward a thing but as yet sensed and far from being possessed.
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Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.
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Manet did not do the expected. He was a pioneer. He followed his individual whim. Told the public what he wanted it to know, not the time worn things the public already knew and thought it wanted to hear again. The public was very much offended.
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Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.
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Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.
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I am interested in art as a means of living a life not as a means of making a living.
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Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men.
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Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.
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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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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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Develop your visual memory. Draw everything you have drawn from the model from memory as well.
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