Robert Henri
Robert Henri
Robert Henriwas an American painter and teacher. He was a leading figure of the Ashcan School of American realism and an organizer of the group known as "The Eight," a loose association of artists who protested the restrictive exhibition practices of the powerful, conservative National Academy of Design...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth24 June 1865
CountryUnited States of America
art expression needs
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.
art honesty integrity
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 to give him an 'Art Education'; he is already qualified. He needs but to see pictures with his active mind, look into them for the things that belong to him, and he will find soon enough in himself an art connoisseur and an art lover of the first order.
dancing singing should
Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it.
school hands self
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.
art growing-up thinking
The work of the art student is no light matter. Few have the courage and stamina to think it through. You have to make up your mind to be alone in many ways. We like sympathy and we like to be in company. It is easier than going it alone. But alone one gets acquainted with himself, grows up and on, not stopping with the crowd. It costs to do this. If you succeed somewhat you may have to pay for it as well as enjoy it all your life.
struggle yesterday use
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.
inspiring art creativity
The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.
art mean bad-ass
I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.
beautiful bird flying
Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers.
life book artist
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 interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and opens ways for better understanding. Where those who are not artists are trying to close the book, he opens it and shows there are still more pages possible.
focus enthusiasm
Do whatever you do intensely.
beach ocean thinking
Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.
emotional emotion cherish
Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.
awards survival rewards
The reason for the survival of the award system is purely commercial.