Quotes by Robert Henri

About Robert Henri:

Robert Henri was 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.
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Concentrate on a single feature – as, build all toward one eye – make all lines lead toward that eye. (Robert Henri)

Robert Henri

Water runs down hill concisely. There is no quibbling about it. It does not have to run up hill in order to be entertaining. Man has always followed its course with fascination. The soul of man may reveal its mysteries through direct expression, simp...

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The undercurrent and motive of all art is an individual man's idea. From each we expect what he has to give. We desire it. It is absolutely necessary for him to give it out.

Robert Henri

There is always a commanding and simple line around each head. Learn to have a love for the big simple line.

Robert Henri

Sometimes we do grip the concert in a human head, and so hold it that in a way we get a record of it into paint, but the vision and expressing of one day will not do for the next.

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Art is simply a result of expression during right feeling. It's a result of a grip on the fundamentals of nature, the spirit of life, the constructive force, the secret of growth, a real understanding of the relative importance of things, order, bala...

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Well, suppose we use our brains. We see things solid. Solidities are important to us in nature. In solidities, there are measures that greatly affect us. There are rhythms in the ins and outs of form. Music, the forest and to many the most impressive...

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The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.

Robert Henri

Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.

Robert Henri

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 underst...

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We read books. They make us think. It matters very little whether we agree with the books or not.

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The brain can be a wonderful tool, can be a willing slave, as has been evidenced by some men, but of course it works poorly when it has not the habit of usage. An automobile can become a source of delight, but the first time you drive you are as apt ...

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Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.

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Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.

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Do whatever you do intensely.

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Author Bio

  • NameRobert Henri
  • DescriptionAmerican painter
  • BornJune 24, 1865
  • DiedJuly 12, 1929
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPainter
  • WorksThe Irish Girl; The Laughing Boy (Jopie Van Slouten)