All Robert Henri Quotes
- To be free, to be happy and to be fruitful, can only be attained through sacrifice of many common but overestimated things. Attained
- Art is an outsider, a gypsy over the face of the earth. Art
- Through art, mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men. They are the bonds of a great Brotherhood. Those who are of… Among
- The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art. He needs no one… Active
- Concentrate on a single feature - as, build all toward one eye - make all lines lead toward that eye. All
- We make our discoveries while in the state [of high functioning] because then we are clear-sighted. Clear
- Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad. Bad
- A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don't confuse a drawing with a map. Confuse
- The artist should be intoxicated with the idea of the thing he wants to express. Artist
- Students work in schools making life studies for years, win prizes for life studies and find in the end that they know practically nothing of… Ability
- All education must be self-education. All
- Self-education only produces expressions of self. Education
- Manet did not do the expected. He was a pioneer. He followed his individual whim. Told the public what he wanted it to know, not… Already Knew
- A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter. Expression
- Each man must take the material that he finds at hand, see that in it there are the big truths of life, the fundamentally big… Art
- The world will see many fashions of art and most of the world will follow the fashions and make none. These cults - these 'movements'… Absolutely
- There are forms that can only be seen when you are near a painting, others only appear when you are far away. Appear
- I am interested in the size of your intention. It is better to overstate the important than to understate it. Better
- Knowledge of anatomy is a tool like good brushes. Anatomy
- Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right… All