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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.

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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Men
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There is only one reason for art in America, and that is that the people of America learn the means of expressing themselves in their own time, and their own land.
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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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If you work from memory, you are most likely to put in your real feeling.
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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 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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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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Do not expect pictures to say the expected some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you.
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Lines are results, do not draw them for themselves.
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Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money.
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Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.
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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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Completion does not depend on material representation. The work is done when that special thing has been said.
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Work always as if you were a master, expect from yourself a masterpiece.
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By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to present your vision.
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The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea
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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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The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly.
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