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
looks done may
Painting should never look as if it were done with difficulty, however difficult it may actually have been.
thinking people
There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.
bridges lines add
Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.
expression may painting
If a certain activity, such as painting, becomes the habitual mode of expression, it may follow that taking up the painting materials and beginning work with them will act suggestively and so presently evoke a flight into the higher state.
looks canvas paint
To paint is to know how to put nothing on canvas, and have it look like something when you stand back.
painter deals stills
A GREAT PAINTER will know a great deal about how he did it, but still he will say, “How did I do it?
color two giving
Your painting is the marking of your progression into nature, a sensation of something you see way beyond the two pretty colors over there. Don't stop to paint the material, but push on to give the spirit.
appreciation art like-love
Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy.
emotional emotion cherish
Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.
drawing curves lines
A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line.
passion worry originality
Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.
drawing lines results
Lines are results, do not draw them for themselves.
worry sticks originality
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.
drawing lines models
Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing.