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
pioneers individual worn
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.
expression should painter
A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter.
art mean men
The true artist regards his work as a means of talking with men [and women], of saying his say to himself and to others. It is not a question of pay...
perfect effort done
The picture that looks as if it were done without an effort may have been a perfect battlefield in its making.
education learning ignorant
The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated.
style way paint
Your style is the way you talk in paint.
art progress spirit
All manifestations of art are but landmarks in the progress of the human spirit toward a thing but as yet sensed and far from being possessed.
art finished good-place
No work of Art is really ever finished. They only stop at good places.
moving sketchbooks hunters
The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook.
dancing singing
Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture.
acceptance worry rejection
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" at once. The better or more personal you are the less likely they are of acceptance.
self conditions
Self-acquainta nce is a rare condition.
real thinking miracle
I can think of no greater happiness than to be clear-sighted and know the miracle when it happens. And I can think of no more real life than the adventurous one of living and liking and exclaiming the things of one's own time.
let-me educate
Educate yourself. Don't let me educate you