An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
After all, the goal is not making art. It is living a life. Those who live their lives will leave the stuff… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“The end will be what it will be. The object is intense living, fulfillment; the great happiness in creation.” — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
If the artist's will is not strong he will see all kinds of unessential things. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
In great art there is no beginning and end in point of time. All time is comprehended. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Art need not be intended. It comes inevitably as the tree from the root, the branch from the trunk, the blossom from… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
There are people who buy pictures because they were difficult to do, and are done. Such pictures are often only a record… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
There is only one reason for art in America, and that is that the people of America learn the means of expressing… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Strokes carry a message whether you will it or not. The stroke is just like the artist at the time he makes… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
The pernicious influence of the prize and medal giving in art is so great that it should be stopped. History proves that… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“If a new movement in art comes along be awake to it, study it, but don’t belong to it. Have a personal… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“The work of the art student is no light matter. Few have the courage and stamina to see it through. You have… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“Concentrate on a single feature – as, build all toward one eye – make all lines lead toward that eye. (Robert Henri)” — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
A man must be master of himself and master of his word to achieve the full realization of himself as an artist — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
A common defect of modern art study is that too many students do not know why they draw. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
The true artist regards his work as a means of talking with men [and women], of saying his say to himself and… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living – very good things for… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
In every human being there is the artist, and whatever his activity, he has an equal chance with any to express the… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“We will be happy if we can get around to the idea that art is not an outside and extra thing; that… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Through art, mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men. They are the bonds of a great Brotherhood. Those… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Art is the giving by each man of his evidence to the world. Those who wish to give, love to give, discover… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
The only sensible way to regard the art life is that it is a privilege you are willing to pay for... You… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw. — Robert Henri Copy Share
Your only hope of satisfying others is in satisfying yourself. I speak of a great satisfaction, not a commercial satisfaction. — Robert Henri Copy Share
Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and… — Robert Henri Copy Share
Your painting is the marking of your progression into nature, a sensation of something you see way beyond the two pretty colors over there.… — Robert Henri Copy Share
The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to… — Robert Henri Copy Share
There are pictures that manifest education and there are pictures that manifest love. — Robert Henri Copy Share
I am interested in the size of your intention. It is better to overstate the important than to understate it. — Robert Henri Copy Share
“We will be happy if we can get around to the idea that art is not an outside and extra thing; that it is… — Robert Henri Copy Share
“It beats all the things that wealth can give and everything else in the world to say the things one believes, to put them… — Robert Henri Copy Share
“A GREAT PAINTER will know a great deal about how he did it, but still he will say, “How did I do it?” The… — Robert Henri Copy Share
“Concentrate on a single feature – as, build all toward one eye – make all lines lead toward that eye. (Robert Henri)” — Robert Henri Copy Share
Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away. — Robert Henri Copy Share
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