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Robert Henri Quotes

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 the stronger, and therefore more beautiful, the line will be Picture Quote #1

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 giving. Those who give are tremendously strong Picture Quote #1

A common defect of modern art study is that too many students do not know why they draw Picture Quote #1

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 must be motive for the connection. Get the art of controlling the observer – that is composition Picture Quote #1

Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness Picture Quote #1

Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not Picture Quote #1

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There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know Picture Quote #1

Do whatever you do intensely. The artist is the man who leaves the crowd and goes pioneering. With him there is an idea which is his life Picture Quote #1

Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life Picture Quote #1

Fight with yourself when you paint, not with the model. A student is one who struggles with himself for order Picture Quote #1

Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to Picture Quote #1

Realize that a drawing is not a copy. It is a construction in very different materials. A drawing is an invention Picture Quote #1

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You will never draw the sense of a thing unless you are feeling it at the time you work Picture Quote #1

Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing Picture Quote #1

You can do anything you want to do. What is rare is this actual wanting to do a specific thing: wanting it so much that you are practically blind to all other things, that nothing else will satisfy you Picture Quote #1

There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body Picture Quote #1

By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to present your vision Picture Quote #1

Find out what you really like if you can. Find out what is really important to you. Then sing your song. You will have something to sing about and your whole heart will be in the singing Picture Quote #1

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There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom Picture Quote #1

Painting should never look as if it were done with difficulty, however difficult it may actually have been Picture Quote #1

Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own hands. All education must be self education Picture Quote #1

I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul Picture Quote #1

If a certain activity, such as painting, becomes the habitual mode of expression, it may follow that taking up the painting materials and beginning work with them will act suggestively and so presently evoke a flight into the higher state Picture Quote #1

An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic Picture Quote #1

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Your only hope of satisfying others is in satisfying yourself. I speak of a great satisfaction, not a commercial satisfaction Picture Quote #1

The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly Picture Quote #1

What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture Picture Quote #1

Whatever you feel or think your exact state at the exact moment of your brush touching the canvas is in some way registered in that stroke Picture Quote #1

Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value art not because of the skilled product, but because of its revelation of a life’s experience Picture Quote #1

It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist’s ability to see well into what is before him Picture Quote #1

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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 the stronger, and therefore more beautiful, the line will be (Robert Henri Quotes) 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 giving. Those who give are tremendously strong (Robert Henri Quotes) A common defect of modern art study is that too many students do not know why they draw (Robert Henri Quotes) 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 must be motive for the connection. Get the art of controlling the observer – that is composition (Robert Henri Quotes) Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness (Robert Henri Quotes) Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not (Robert Henri Quotes) There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know (Robert Henri Quotes) Do whatever you do intensely. The artist is the man who leaves the crowd and goes pioneering. With him there is an idea which is his life (Robert Henri Quotes) Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life (Robert Henri Quotes) Fight with yourself when you paint, not with the model. A student is one who struggles with himself for order (Robert Henri Quotes) Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to (Robert Henri Quotes) Realize that a drawing is not a copy. It is a construction in very different materials. A drawing is an invention (Robert Henri Quotes) You will never draw the sense of a thing unless you are feeling it at the time you work (Robert Henri Quotes) Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing (Robert Henri Quotes) You can do anything you want to do. What is rare is this actual wanting to do a specific thing: wanting it so much that you are practically blind to all other things, that nothing else will satisfy you (Robert Henri Quotes) There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body (Robert Henri Quotes) By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to present your vision (Robert Henri Quotes) Find out what you really like if you can. Find out what is really important to you. Then sing your song. You will have something to sing about and your whole heart will be in the singing (Robert Henri Quotes) There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom (Robert Henri Quotes) Painting should never look as if it were done with difficulty, however difficult it may actually have been (Robert Henri Quotes) Let every student enter the school with this advice. No matter how good the school is, his education is in his own hands. All education must be self education (Robert Henri Quotes) I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul (Robert Henri Quotes) If a certain activity, such as painting, becomes the habitual mode of expression, it may follow that taking up the painting materials and beginning work with them will act suggestively and so presently evoke a flight into the higher state (Robert Henri Quotes) An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic (Robert Henri Quotes) Your only hope of satisfying others is in satisfying yourself. I speak of a great satisfaction, not a commercial satisfaction (Robert Henri Quotes) The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly (Robert Henri Quotes) What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture (Robert Henri Quotes) Whatever you feel or think your exact state at the exact moment of your brush touching the canvas is in some way registered in that stroke (Robert Henri Quotes) Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value art not because of the skilled product, but because of its revelation of a life’s experience (Robert Henri Quotes) It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist’s ability to see well into what is before him (Robert Henri Quotes)

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