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
educating-yourself frank entertaining
There is nothing more entertaining than to have a frank talk with yourself. Few do it-frankly. Educating yourself is getting acquainted with yourself.
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.
acceptance worry rejection
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.
special done doe
Completion does not depend on material representation. The work is done when that special thing has been said.
memories done landscape
The most vital things in the look of a landscape endure only for a moment. Work should be done from memory; memory of that vital moment.
perfect effort done
The picture that looks as if it were done without an effort may have been a perfect battlefield in its making.
education learning ignorant
The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated.
style way paint
Your style is the way you talk in paint.
weakness pretending knows
There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know.
lines
Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out.
space age tears
Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. Nor will a "pretty" face make it, for "pretty" faces are often dull and empty, and beauty is never dull and it fills all spaces.
brother book way
In certain books—some way in the first few paragraphs you know that you have met a brother.
teaching inspire vision
By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to present your vision.
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.