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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
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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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The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art.
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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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There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body.
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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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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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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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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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Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing.
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You can do anything you want to do. What is rare is this actual wanting to do a specific thing: wanting it so much that you are practically blind to all other things, that nothing else will satisfy you.
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The reason for the survival of the award system is purely commercial.
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Lines are results, do not draw them for themselves.
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The world will see many fashions of art and most of the world will follow the fashions and make none. These cults - these 'movements' - are absolutely necessary, or at any rate their causes are, for somewhere in their centres are the ones who bear the Idea, the ones who have questioned, 'But what do I think?' and 'How shall I say it best?
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The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea
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What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture.
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You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not.
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Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out.
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If you think of a school drawing while you work, your drawing will look like one.
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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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