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Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.

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
Defeat
Struggle
Enjoy
Even
Work

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Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.
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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 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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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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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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No work of Art is really ever finished. They only stop at good places.
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You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not.
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Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.
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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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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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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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I paint for the sole purpose of magnifying the privilege of being alive.
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A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter.
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A weak background is a deadly thing.
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The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly.
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Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money.
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All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.
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A mountain seen in the haze of distance must nevertheless look a solid heavy mountain.
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The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea
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