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.
Those who cannot begin do not finish. - Robert Henri
Those who cannot begin do not finish.
- Robert Henri
Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers. - Robert Henri
Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers.
No work of Art is really ever finished. They only stop at good places. - Robert Henri
No work of Art is really ever finished. They only stop at good places.
Art after all is but an extension of language to the expression of sensations too subtle for words. - Robert Henri
Art after all is but an extension of language to the expression of sensations too subtle for words.
Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think. - Robert Henri
Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.
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 pr… - Robert Henri
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 pr…
Find out what you really like if you can. Find out what is really important to you. Then sing your song. You will have something to sing about and yo… - Robert Henri
Find out what you really like if you can. Find out what is really important to you. Then sing your song. You will have something to sing about and yo…
When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive creature. He be… - Robert Henri
When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive creature. He be…
Educate yourself. Don't let me educate you - Robert Henri
Educate yourself. Don't let me educate you
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