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 men thinking
Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life...
art strong men
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.
art men expression
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.
pursuit-of-happiness men interesting
The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish, and spirits must flow. There must be courage. There are no easy ruts to get into which lead to happiness. A man must become interesting to himself and must become actually expressive before he can be happy.
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...
men trying world
It seems to me that before a man tries to express anything to the world he must recognize in himself an individual, a new one, very distinct from others.
happiness men pursuit
The pursuit of happiness...is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.
art men space
Through art, mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men. They are the bonds of a great Brotherhood. Those who are of the Brotherhood know each other, and time and space cannot separate them.
art men understanding
Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men.
men ideas landscape
The great painter has something to say. He does not paint men, landscapes, or furniture; but an idea.
men artist ideas
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.
american-artist spite
It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.
artist shining may
An artist must first of all respond to his subject, he must be filled with emotion toward that subject and then he must make his technique so sincere, so translucent that it may be forgotten, the value of the subject shining through it.
art attitude essentials
Everything depends on the attitude of the artist toward his subject. It is essential.