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
Robert Henri quotes about
focus enthusiasm
Do whatever you do intensely.
dancing singing should
Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it.
usual moments clairvoyant
There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom.
goes-on facts made
Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.
drawing maps should
A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don't confuse a drawing with a map.
wonder-of-life needs wonder
What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture.
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.
beauty shame
When we respect the nude, we will no longer have any shame about it.
looks done may
Painting should never look as if it were done with difficulty, however difficult it may actually have been.
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.
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.
emotional emotion cherish
Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them.
passion worry originality
Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.