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Strokes carry a message whether you will it or not. The stroke is just like the artist at the time he makes it. All the certainties, all the uncertainties, all the bigness of his spirit and the littlenesses are in it.

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
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I paint for the sole purpose of magnifying the privilege of being alive.
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To be free, to be happy and to be fruitful, can only be attained through sacrifice of many common but overestimated things.
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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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By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to present your vision.
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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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