Painting should never look as if it were done with difficulty, however difficult it may actually have been. — Robert Henri Artist 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 Ability 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 Alive Copy Share Image
The most vital things in the look of a landscape endure only for a moment. Work should be done from memory; memory… — Robert Henri Done Copy Share Image
Fight with yourself when you paint, not with the model. A student is one who struggles with himself for order. — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
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
“It is an effort to stop evolution, to hold things back to the plane of your judgment. It is a check on… — Robert Henri Human life Copy Share Image
