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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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Beauty is an intangible thing can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. Nor will a pretty face make it, for pretty faces are often dull and empty, and beauty is never dull and it fills all spaces.
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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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I paint for the sole purpose of magnifying the privilege of being alive.
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Your style is the way you talk in paint.
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Life is finding yourself. It is a spirit development.
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Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing.
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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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The big painter is one who has something to say. He thus does not paint men, landscape or furniture, but an idea.
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The model is not to be copied, but to be realized.
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Lines are results, do not draw them for themselves.
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Knowledge of anatomy is a tool like good brushes.
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Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.
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A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter.
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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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Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money.
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You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not.
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Do whatever you do intensely. The artist is the man who leaves the crowd and goes pioneering. With him there is an idea which is his life.
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A weak background is a deadly thing.
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It's a wrong idea that a master is a finished person. Masters are very faulty they haven't learned everything and they know it.
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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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