Robert Henri Quotes About Art

Quotes about: Art

• The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.

  Robert Henri

  Inspiring, Art, Creativity

• It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Drawing, Students

  "The art spirit".

• I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Mean, Bad Ass

• It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into what is before him.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Ability, Harder

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

• Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy.

  Robert Henri

  Appreciation, Art, Like Love

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

• All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Real, Joy

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

• Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Footprint, Shows

  Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.175, Basic Books

• In every human being there is the artist, and whatever his activity, he has an equal chance with any to express the result of his growth and his contact with life. I don't believe any real artist cares whether what he does is 'art' or not. Who, after all, knows what art is?

  Robert Henri

  Art, Real, Believe

  Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.224, Basic Books

• Art is an outsider, a gypsy over the face of the earth.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Outsiders, Faces

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

• There is no art without contemplation.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Contemplation, Contemplating

• Good composition is like a suspension bridge; each line adds strength and takes none away... Making lines run into each other is not composition. There must be motive for the connection. Get the art of controlling the observer – that is composition.

  Robert Henri

  Running, Art, Bridges

• In great art there is no beginning and end in point of time. All time is comprehended.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Beginnings And Ends, All Time

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

• No work of Art is really ever finished. They only stop at good places.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Good Place, Finished

  Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.177, Basic Books

• Art after all is but an extension of language to the expression of sensations too subtle for words.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Expression, Language

  "The art spirit".

• Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Men, Thinking

  Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.178, Basic Books

• Everything depends on the attitude of the artist toward his subject. It is essential.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Attitude, Essentials

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

• The true artist regards his work as a means of talking with men [and women], of saying his say to himself and to others. It is not a question of pay.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Mean, Men

• Art when really understood is the province of every human being. It is simply a question of doing things, anything, well. It is not an outside, extra thing.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Wells, Humans

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

• Art is the giving by each man of his evidence to the world. Those who wish to give, love to give, discover the pleasure of giving. Those who give are tremendously strong.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Strong, Men

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

• Art tends toward balance, order, judgment of relative values, the laws of growth, the economy of living – very good things for anyone to be interested in.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Relative Value, Order

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

• Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy: It is a very personal affair and is necessary to each individual.

  Robert Henri

  Appreciation, Art, Like Love

  Robert Henri (1976). “Robert Henri, 1865-1929: Exhibition October 15-November 27, 1976”

• Through art mysterious bonds of understanding and of knowledge are established among men.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Men, Understanding

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

• Each sensation is precious, protect it, cherish it, keep it. Never give it away. You must develop that balance which allows all of the world to come in to you, and only that which you have expressed in your art to move back out again into the world.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Moving, Giving

• After all, the goal is not making art. It is living a life. Those who live their lives will leave the stuff that is really art.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Goal, Stuff

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

• There are people who buy pictures because they were difficult to do, and are done. Such pictures are often only a record of pain and dull perseverance. Great works of art should look as though they were made in joy. Real joy is a tremendous activity, dull drudgery is nothing to it.

  Robert Henri

  Perseverance, Art, Pain

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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