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
knowledge tools brushes
Knowledge of anatomy is a tool like good brushes.
struggle defeat enjoy
Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.
appreciation art like-love
Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy: It is a very personal affair and is necessary to each individual.
beauty beautiful law
There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body.
art mean land
There is only one reason for art in America, and that is that the people of America learn the means of expressing themselves in their own time, and their own land.
thinking touching way
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.
Those who cannot begin do not finish.
simply-you people too-much
The more simply you see, the more simply you will render. People see too much, scatteringly.
satisfaction speak satisfying
Your only hope of satisfying others is in satisfying yourself. I speak of a great satisfaction, not a commercial satisfaction.
art real believe
In every human being there is the artist, and whatever his activity, he has an equal chance with any to express the result of his growth and his contact with life. I don't believe any real artist cares whether what he does is 'art' or not. Who, after all, knows what art is?
artist soul needs
I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul
art giving rewards
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.
art roots tree
Art need not be intended. It comes inevitably as the tree from the root, the branch from the trunk, the blossom from the twig. None of these forget the present in looking backward or forward. They are occupied wholly with the fulfillment of their own existence.
echoes looks shapes
Look for echoes. Sometimes the same shape or direction will echo through the picture.