All manifestations of art are but landmarks in the progress of the human spirit toward a thing but as yet sensed and… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Art after all is but an extension of language to the expression of sensations too subtle for words. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Art is an extension of language - an expression of sensations too subtle for words. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
The artist should be intoxicated with the idea of the thing he wants to express. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy: It is a very personal affair and is necessary to each individual. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“Pictures tell the story of actual impulse in the artist—or the lack of it.” — 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
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
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
“We must realize that artists are not in competition with each other. Help the young artists—find for them means to make their… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Each sensation is precious, protect it, cherish it, keep it. Never give it away. You must develop that balance which allows all… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“Some one has defined a work of art as a “thing beautifully done.” I like it better if we cut away the… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Each man must take the material that he finds at hand, see that in it there are the big truths of life,… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Perhaps whatever there is in my work that may be really interesting to others and surely what is interesting to me, is… — 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 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
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 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
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
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
“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 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
“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
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
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
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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