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Robert Henri Quotes

Beauty is no material thing. Beauty cannot be copied. Beauty is the sensation of pleasure on the mind of the seer. No thing is beautiful. But all things await the sensitive and imaginative mind that may be aroused to pleasurable emotion at sight of them. This is beauty Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 play of faculties, genius will manifest itself Picture Quote #1

I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living Picture Quote #1

It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do Picture Quote #1

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 for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you Picture Quote #1

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Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think Picture Quote #1

The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable Picture Quote #1

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 better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do Picture Quote #1

To be free, to be happy and to be fruitful, can only be attained through sacrifice of many common but overestimated things Picture Quote #1

A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don’t confuse a drawing with a map Picture Quote #1

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 the human figure. They have acquired the ability to copy Picture Quote #1

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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 the time worn things the public already knew and thought it wanted to hear again. The public was very much offended Picture Quote #1

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 forces, and then express in his art whatever is the cause of his pleasure Picture Quote #1

There are forms that can only be seen when you are near a painting, others only appear when you are far away Picture Quote #1

I am interested in the size of your intention. It is better to overstate the important than to understate it Picture Quote #1

Today must not be a souvenir of yesterday, and so the struggle is everlasting. Who am I today? What do I see today? How shall I use what I know, and how shall I avoid being victim of what I know? Life is not repetition Picture Quote #1

Renoir had not only a great interest in human character, in human feeling, but had also a great love for the people he painted Picture Quote #1

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It’s a wrong idea that a master is a finished person. Masters are very faulty; they haven’t learned everything and they know it Picture Quote #1

Develop your visual memory. Draw everything you have drawn from the model from memory as well Picture Quote #1

If you do not act on a suggestion at first, you grow dull to its message Picture Quote #1

Your painting is the marking of your progression into nature, a sensation of something you see way beyond the two pretty colors over there. Don’t stop to paint the material, but push on to give the spirit Picture Quote #1

Strokes carry a message whether you will it or not. The stroke is just like the artist at the time he makes it. All the certainties, all the uncertainties, all the bigness of his spirit and the littlenesses are in it Picture Quote #1

The pernicious influence of the prize and medal giving in art is so great that it should be stopped. History proves that juries in art have been generally wrong Picture Quote #1

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The only sensible way to regard the art life is that it is a privilege you are willing to pay for... You may cite honors and attentions and even money paid, but I would have you note that these were paid a long time after the creator had gone through his struggles Picture Quote #1

Each sensation is precious, protect it, cherish it, keep it. Never give it away. You must develop that balance which allows all of the world to come in to you, and only that which you have expressed in your art to move back out again into the world Picture Quote #1

If the artist’s will is not strong he will see all kinds of unessential things Picture Quote #1

If you think of a school drawing while you work, your drawing will look like one Picture Quote #1

Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living – very good things for anyone to be interested in Picture Quote #1

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it Picture Quote #1

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Beauty is no material thing. Beauty cannot be copied. Beauty is the sensation of pleasure on the mind of the seer. No thing is beautiful. But all things await the sensitive and imaginative mind that may be aroused to pleasurable emotion at sight of them. This is beauty (Robert Henri Quotes) 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 (Robert Henri Quotes) 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 play of faculties, genius will manifest itself (Robert Henri Quotes) I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living (Robert Henri Quotes) It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do (Robert Henri Quotes) 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 for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you (Robert Henri Quotes) Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think (Robert Henri Quotes) The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable (Robert Henri Quotes) 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 better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do (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 (Robert Henri Quotes) A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don’t confuse a drawing with a map (Robert Henri Quotes) 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 the human figure. They have acquired the ability to copy (Robert Henri Quotes) 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 the time worn things the public already knew and thought it wanted to hear again. The public was very much offended (Robert Henri Quotes) 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 forces, and then express in his art whatever is the cause of his pleasure (Robert Henri Quotes) There are forms that can only be seen when you are near a painting, others only appear when you are far away (Robert Henri Quotes) I am interested in the size of your intention. It is better to overstate the important than to understate it (Robert Henri Quotes) Today must not be a souvenir of yesterday, and so the struggle is everlasting. Who am I today? What do I see today? How shall I use what I know, and how shall I avoid being victim of what I know? Life is not repetition (Robert Henri Quotes) Renoir had not only a great interest in human character, in human feeling, but had also a great love for the people he painted (Robert Henri Quotes) It’s a wrong idea that a master is a finished person. Masters are very faulty; they haven’t learned everything and they know it (Robert Henri Quotes) Develop your visual memory. Draw everything you have drawn from the model from memory as well (Robert Henri Quotes) If you do not act on a suggestion at first, you grow dull to its message (Robert Henri Quotes) Your painting is the marking of your progression into nature, a sensation of something you see way beyond the two pretty colors over there. Don’t stop to paint the material, but push on to give the spirit (Robert Henri Quotes) Strokes carry a message whether you will it or not. The stroke is just like the artist at the time he makes it. All the certainties, all the uncertainties, all the bigness of his spirit and the littlenesses are in it (Robert Henri Quotes) The pernicious influence of the prize and medal giving in art is so great that it should be stopped. History proves that juries in art have been generally wrong (Robert Henri Quotes) The only sensible way to regard the art life is that it is a privilege you are willing to pay for... You may cite honors and attentions and even money paid, but I would have you note that these were paid a long time after the creator had gone through his struggles (Robert Henri Quotes) Each sensation is precious, protect it, cherish it, keep it. Never give it away. You must develop that balance which allows all of the world to come in to you, and only that which you have expressed in your art to move back out again into the world (Robert Henri Quotes) If the artist’s will is not strong he will see all kinds of unessential things (Robert Henri Quotes) If you think of a school drawing while you work, your drawing will look like one (Robert Henri Quotes) Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living – very good things for anyone to be interested in (Robert Henri Quotes) Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it (Robert Henri Quotes)

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