Reality is obtained not by imitation, but by producing the sense of nature. — Robert Henri Imitation Copy Share Image
Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away. — Robert Henri Composition Copy Share Image
The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
“Those who express even a little of themselves never become old-fashioned.” — Robert Henri Art 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
A mountain seen in the haze of distance must nevertheless look a solid heavy mountain. — Robert Henri Distance Copy Share Image
Everything depends on the attitude of the artist toward his subject. It is essential. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to present your vision. — Robert Henri Activity 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
“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 Crowd 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
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
After all, the goal is not making art. It is living a life. Those who live their lives will leave the stuff… — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy… — Robert Henri Artist 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 America 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 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 Artist Copy Share Image
Today must not be a souvenir of yesterday, and so the struggle is everlasting. Who am I today? What do I see… — Robert Henri Everlasting 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
There are people who buy pictures because they were difficult to do, and are done. Such pictures are often only a record… — Robert Henri Activity Copy Share Image
Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value… — Robert Henri Art 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 Art 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 Art 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
“In these times there is a powerful demarcation between the surface and the deep currents of human development. Events and upheavals, which… — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don't confuse a drawing with a map. — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
All the past up to a moment ago is your legacy. You have a right to it. — Robert Henri Legacy Copy Share Image
“All things change according to the state we are in. Nothing is fixed.” — Robert Henri Change Copy Share Image
Develop your visual memory. Draw everything you have drawn from the model from memory as well. — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
