“If we are cultivating fruit in an orchard, we wish that particular fruit to grow in its own way; we give it… — Robert Henri 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 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
If the artist's will is not strong he will see all kinds of unessential things. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“Be game--take a chance--don't hide behind veils and veils of discretion... Go forward with what you have to say, expressing things as… — 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 object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a state of… — 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
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
No work of Art is really ever finished. They only stop at good places. — 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
An artist must first of all respond to his subject, he must be filled with emotion toward that subject and then he… — 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
When the motives of artists are profound, when they are at their work as a result of deep consideration, when they believe… — 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
Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life... — 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
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
“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
It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw. — Robert Henri 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 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 full and… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
There are pictures that manifest education and there are pictures that manifest love. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
I am interested in the size of your intention. It is better to overstate the important than to understate it. — 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 it is… — Robert Henri 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 put them… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“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 Image
