There are mighty few people who think what they think they think. — Robert Henri People Copy Share Image
A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter. — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
Your only hope of satisfying others is in satisfying yourself. I speak of a great satisfaction, not a commercial satisfaction. — Robert Henri Hope Copy Share Image
There are forms that can only be seen when you are near a painting, others only appear when you are far away. — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a… — Robert Henri Free play Copy Share Image
“Be venturesome. Try new things that appeal to you. Examine others. Have a pioneer spirit. Prevent your drawing from being common. Put… — 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 Art Copy Share Image
Many things that come into the world are not looked into. The individual says 'My crowd doesn't run that way.' I say,… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
There is nothing more entertaining than to have a frank talk with yourself. Few do it-frankly. Educating yourself is getting acquainted with… — Robert Henri Educating yourself 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 Art Copy Share Image
“It is an effort to stop evolution, to hold things back to the plane of your judgment. It is a check on… — Robert Henri Human life Copy Share Image
The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to… — 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 Art 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 Art 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-expressive… — Robert Henri Alive Copy Share Image
The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Manet did not do the expected. He was a pioneer. He followed his individual whim. Told the public what he wanted it… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the… — Robert Henri Age 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 Art 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 Art Copy Share Image
Painting should never look as if it were done with difficulty, however difficult it may actually have been. — Robert Henri Artist 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 Art Copy Share Image
To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back. — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Fight with yourself when you paint, not with the model. A student is one who struggles with himself for order. — Robert Henri Artist 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 Alive 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 Ability Copy Share Image
The most vital things in the look of a landscape endure only for a moment. Work should be done from memory; memory… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own… — Robert Henri Advice Copy Share Image
“It beats all the things that wealth can give and everything else in the world to say the things one believes, to… — Robert Henri Money Copy Share Image
“you will never find yourself unless you quit preconceiving what you will be when you have found yourself.” — 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 Concentration Copy Share Image
“Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the… — Robert Henri Beauty Copy Share Image
Students work in schools making life studies for years, win prizes for life studies and find in the end that they know… — Robert Henri Ability 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 Art Copy Share Image
“Each man must seek for himself the people who hold the essential beauty, and each man must eventually say to himself as… — Robert Henri Beauty Copy Share Image
To be free, to be happy and to be fruitful, can only be attained through sacrifice of many common but overestimated things. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Whatever you feel or think your exact state at the exact moment of your brush touching the canvas is in some way… — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you.… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
