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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.
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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The model is not to be copied, but to be realized.
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The fun of living is that we have to make ourselves, after all.
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All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.
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An artist must first of all respond to his subject, he must be filled with emotion toward that subject and then he must make his technique so sincere, so translucent that it may be forgotten, the value of the subject shining through it.
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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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Do whatever you do intensely.
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Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out.
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Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.
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It seems to me that before a man tries to express anything to the world he must recognize in himself an individual, a new one, very distinct from others.
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The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook.
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Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers read, study and think a great deal of life.
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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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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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The good thing about painting from memory is that so much is forgotten.
Robert Henri
Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing.
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I paint for the sole purpose of magnifying the privilege of being alive.
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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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Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men.
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Knowledge of anatomy is a tool like good brushes.
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Count on big lines to express your ideas.
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