Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock… — Robert Henri Expected 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
Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat. — Robert Henri Defeat Copy Share Image
The world will see many fashions of art and most of the world will follow the fashions and make none. These cults… — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
I am always sorry for the Puritan, for he guided his life against desire and against nature. He found what he thought… — Robert Henri Beautiful Copy Share Image
The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly. — Robert Henri People 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
A common defect of modern art study is that too many students do not know why they draw. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
You form a society: that limits you. Adopt a name, and you've limited yourself again; draw up a constitution and bylaws and… — Robert Henri Community Copy Share Image
“It is a creation of your own mind, not the model. The model is dependent on your idea of her. Your canvas… — Robert Henri Painting Copy Share Image
Reality is obtained not by imitation, but by producing the sense of nature. — Robert Henri Imitation 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 Appreciated Copy Share Image
“All my life I have refused to be for or against parties, for or against nations, for or against people. I never… — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
Art is an extension of language - an expression of sensations too subtle for words. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new… — Robert Henri Growing Copy Share Image
“Pictures tell the story of actual impulse in the artist—or the lack of it.” — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
To have ideas one must have imagination. To express ideas one must have science. — Robert Henri Ideas 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 Appreciate 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
If a certain activity, such as painting, becomes the habitual mode of expression, it may follow that taking up the painting materials… — Robert Henri Certain 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 Life Copy Share Image
Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
