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. Robert Henri More Quotes by Robert Henri More Quotes From Robert Henri A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter. Robert Henri painterexpressionshould Strokes carry a message whether you will it or not. The stroke is just like the artist at the time he makes it. All the certainties, all the uncertainties, all the bigness of his spirit and the littlenesses are in it. Robert Henri artistspiritmessages Self-acquainta nce is a rare condition. Robert Henri conditionsself 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. Robert Henri rejectionacceptanceworry To be free, to be happy and to be fruitful, can only be attained through sacrifice of many common but overestimated things. Robert Henri sacrificecommon 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. Robert Henri stoppinghuntersmoving Colors are beautiful when they are significant. Robert Henri significantcolorbeautiful Because we are saturated with life, because we are human, our strongest motive is life, humanity; and the stronger the motive back of the line the stronger, and therefore more beautiful, the line will be. Robert Henri drawinghumanitybeautiful 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. Robert Henri progressspiritart Count on big lines to express your ideas. Robert Henri drawinglinesideas Your style is the way you talk in paint. Robert Henri stylepaintway Reality is obtained not by imitation, but by producing the sense of nature. Robert Henri imitationreality Everything depends on the attitude of the artist toward his subject. It is essential. Robert Henri essentialsattitudeart The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a state of high functioning, a more than ordinary moment of existence. In such moments activity is inevitable, and whether this activity is with brush, pen, chisel, or tongue, its result is but a by-product of the state, a trace, the footprint of the state. Robert Henri tongueordinaryart Realize that a drawing is not a copy. It is a construction in very different materials. A drawing is an invention. Robert Henri realizingdrawingdifferent Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life. Robert Henri menartthinking There has never been a painting that was more beautiful than nature. The model does not unfold herself to you, you must rise to her. She should be the inspiration for your painting. No man has ever over-appreciated a human being. Robert Henri natureinspirationbeautiful A mountain seen in the haze of distance must nevertheless look a solid heavy mountain. Robert Henri mountaindistanceperspective You will never draw the sense of a thing unless you are feeling it at the time you work. Robert Henri drawsdrawingfeelings Fight with yourself when you paint, not with the model. A student is one who struggles with himself for order. Robert Henri fightingstruggleorder
