The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Art is an extension of language - an expression of sensations too subtle for words. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
The artist should be intoxicated with the idea of the thing he wants to express. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not. — Robert Henri Children Copy Share Image
Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat. — Robert Henri Defeat Copy Share Image
You will never draw the sense of a thing unless you are feeling it at the time you work. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Do whatever you do intensely. The artist is the man who leaves the crowd and goes pioneering. With him there is an… — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life... — Robert Henri Art 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 Copy Share Image
Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It… — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
All manifestations of art are but landmarks in the progress of the human spirit toward a thing but as yet sensed and… — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
“A GREAT PAINTER will know a great deal about how he did it, but still he will say, “How did I do… — 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 Flower Copy Share Image
The big painter is one who has something to say. He thus does not paint men, landscape or furniture, but an idea. — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
An artist must first of all respond to his subject, he must be filled with emotion toward that subject and then he… — Robert Henri Art 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
“We must realize that artists are not in competition with each other. Help the young artists—find for them means to make their… — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
Your painting is the marking of your progression into nature, a sensation of something you see way beyond the two pretty colors… — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
“There are men who, at the bottom of the ladder, battle to rise; they study, struggle, keep their wits alive and eventually… — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
Each sensation is precious, protect it, cherish it, keep it. Never give it away. You must develop that balance which allows all… — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a state of… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Don't worry about the rejections. Everybody that's good has gone through it. Don't let it matter if your works are not "accepted"… — Robert Henri Acceptance Copy Share Image
“Pictures tell the story of actual impulse in the artist—or the lack of it.” — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture. — Robert Henri Business 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
All the past up to a moment ago is your legacy. You have a right to it. — Robert Henri Legacy Copy Share Image
By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to present your vision. — Robert Henri 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
In a tree there is a spirit of life, a spirit of growth and a spirit of holding its head up. — Robert Henri Flower Copy Share Image
Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money. — Robert Henri Art Copy Share Image
The pursuit of happiness...is the greatest feat man has to accomplish. — Robert Henri 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
There are mighty few people who think what they think they think. — Robert Henri People Copy Share Image
A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter. — Robert Henri Artist Copy Share Image
