All Robert Henri Quotes
- I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living. Art
- Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think. Beach
- A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods. Adopt
- Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free… Degree
- Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for… All
- Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living – very good things for anyone to be… Anyone
- Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out. Call
- Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it. Dancing
- Because we are saturated with life, because we are human, our strongest motive is life, humanity; and the stronger the motive back of the line… Beautiful
- Art is the giving by each man of his evidence to the world. Those who wish to give, love to give, discover the pleasure of… Art
- A common defect of modern art study is that too many students do not know why they draw. Art
- The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable. Art
- A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line. Contrasted
- There is no art without contemplation. Art
- Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is not composition. There… Add
- Color is only beautiful when it means something. Beautiful
- Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness. All
- Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not. Child
- There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual- become clairvoyant. We reach then… Able
- All real works of art look as though they were done in joy. All
- Many things that come into the world are not looked into. The individual says 'My crowd doesn't run that way.' I say, don't run with… Crowd
- You form a society: that limits you. Adopt a name, and you've limited yourself again; draw up a constitution and bylaws and you've made a… Adopt
- Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat… Age
- 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… Alive
- There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know. Inspirational