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
struggle fighting order
Fight with yourself when you paint, not with the model. A student is one who struggles with himself for order.
struggle defeat enjoy
Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.
art struggle long
The only sensible way to regard the art life is that it is a privilege you are willing to pay for... You may cite honors and attentions and even money paid, but I would have you note that these were paid a long time after the creator had gone through his struggles.
struggle yesterday use
Today must not be a souvenir of yesterday, and so the struggle is everlasting. Who am I today? What do I see today? How shall I use what I know, and how shall I avoid being victim of what I know? Life is not repetition.
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.
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.
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.
weakness pretending knows
There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know.
drawing different realizing
Realize that a drawing is not a copy. It is a construction in very different materials. A drawing is an invention.
lines
Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out.
play growth degrees
Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.
masters masterpiece ifs
Work always as if you were a master, expect from yourself a masterpiece.
tree growing today
A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.
past legacy scrapbooking
All the past up to a moment ago is your legacy. You have a right to it.