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title: "2 Expressive Quotes By Robert Henri"
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> [When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and opens ways for better understanding. Where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/when-the-artist-is-alive-in-any-person-whatever-his-kind-of-work-may/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

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> [The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish, and spirits must flow. There must be courage. There are no easy ruts to get into which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/the-pursuit-of-happiness-is-a-great-activity-one-must-be-open-and/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

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## Other authors on Expressive

## More by Robert Henri

> [It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/it-is-the-common-defect-of-modern-art-study-too-many-students-do-not/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [Your only hope of satisfying others is in satisfying yourself. I speak of a great satisfaction, not a commercial satisfaction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/your-only-hope-of-satisfying-others-is-in-satisfying-yourself-i-speak/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/keep-a-bad-drawing-until-by-study-you-have-found-out-why-it-is-bad/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [Self-education only produces expressions of self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/self-education-only-produces-expressions-of-self/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/genius-is-not-a-possession-of-the-limited-few-but-exists-in-some/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [Your painting is the marking of your progression into nature, a sensation of something you see way beyond the two pretty colors over there.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/your-painting-is-the-marking-of-your-progression-into-nature-a/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/the-sketch-hunter-moves-through-life-as-he-finds-it-not-passing/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [There are pictures that manifest education and there are pictures that manifest love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/there-are-pictures-that-manifest-education-and-there-are-pictures/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [I am interested in the size of your intention. It is better to overstate the important than to understate it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/i-am-interested-in-the-size-of-your-intention-it-is-better-to/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [“We will be happy if we can get around to the idea that art is not an outside and extra thing; that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/we-will-be-happy-if-we-can-get-around-to-the-idea-that-art-is-not-an/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [“It beats all the things that wealth can give and everything else in the world to say the things one believes, to put them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/it-beats-all-the-things-that-wealth-can-give-and-everything-else-in/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [“A GREAT PAINTER will know a great deal about how he did it, but still he will say, “How did I do it?” The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/a-great-painter-will-know-a-great-deal-about-how-he-did-it-but-still/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [“Concentrate on a single feature – as, build all toward one eye – make all lines lead toward that eye. (Robert Henri)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/concentrate-on-a-single-feature-as-build-all-toward-one-eye-make-all/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/good-composition-is-like-a-suspension-bridge-each-line-adds-strength/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

> [Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-henri/cherish-your-own-emotions-and-never-undervalue-them/)

[Robert Henri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-henri/)

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