The artist should be intoxicated with the idea of the thing he wants to express. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not. — Robert Henri Children Copy Share Image
Paint what you feel. Paint what you see. Paint what is real to you. — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
Personal experimentation is revealing, and once you get into it, immensely engaging. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
Look for echoes. Sometimes the same shape or direction will echo through the picture. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Everything depends on the attitude of the artist toward his subject. It is essential. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
The pictures which do not represent an intense interest cannot expect to create an intense interest. — Robert Henri Intense Copy Share Image
There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are… — Robert Henri Clairvoyant Copy Share Image
I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
Do whatever you do intensely. The artist is the man who leaves the crowd and goes pioneering. With him there is an… — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art. — 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 Art Copy Share Image
Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life... — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
All manifestations of art are but landmarks in the progress of the human spirit toward a thing but as yet sensed and… — Robert Henri Art 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 Art Copy Share Image
Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These… — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
Many receive a criticism and think it is fine; think they got their money's worth; think well of the teacher for it,… — Robert Henri Criticism Copy Share Image
I can think of no greater happiness than to be clear-sighted and know the miracle when it happens. And I can think… — Robert Henri Adventurous Copy Share Image
There has never been a painting that was more beautiful than nature. The model does not unfold herself to you, you must… — 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 Art 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
Today must not be a souvenir of yesterday, and so the struggle is everlasting. Who am I today? What do I see… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
A mountain seen in the haze of distance must nevertheless look a solid heavy mountain. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“Those who express even a little of themselves never become old-fashioned.” — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
In certain books—some way in the first few paragraphs you know that you have met a brother. — Robert Henri Book Copy Share Image
Reality is obtained not by imitation, but by producing the sense of nature. — 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 Art Copy Share Image
If the artist's will is not strong he will see all kinds of unessential things. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Things should all be moving toward the expression of a great idea. — Robert Henri Expression 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 Art Copy Share Image
If you work from memory, you are most likely to put in your real feeling. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
The reason for the survival of the award system is purely commercial. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
If you do not act on a suggestion at first, you grow dull to its message. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
