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• 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

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• Beauty is no material thing. Beauty cannot be copied. Beauty is the sensation of pleasure on the mind of the seer. No thing is beautiful. But all things await the sensitive and imaginative mind that may be aroused to pleasurable emotion at sight of them. This is beauty.

  Robert Henri

  Beautiful, Sight, Mind

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

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• Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you.

  Robert Henri

  Fall, Past, Helping

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

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• The picture that looks as if it were done without an effort may have been a perfect battlefield in its making.

  Robert Henri

  Perfect, Effort, Looks

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

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• Do whatever you do intensely.

  Robert Henri

  Focus, Enthusiasm

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• To have ideas one must have imagination. To express ideas one must have science.

  Robert Henri

  Ideas, Imagination

  Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.210, Basic Books

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• Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing.

  Robert Henri

  Drawing, Lines, Following

  Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.239, Basic Books

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• Look for echoes. Sometimes the same shape or direction will echo through the picture.

  Robert Henri

  Echoes, Looks, Shapes

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

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• Work always as if you were a master, expect from yourself a masterpiece.

  Robert Henri

  Masters, Masterpiece, Ifs

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

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• Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out.

  Robert Henri

  Lines

  Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.239, Basic Books

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• To be free, to be happy and to be fruitful, can only be attained through sacrifice of many common but overestimated things.

  Robert Henri

  Sacrifice, Common

  Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.99, Hachette UK

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• In certain books—some way in the first few paragraphs you know that you have met a brother.

  Robert Henri

  Brother, Book, Way

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

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• 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.

  Robert Henri

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Men, Interesting

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

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• 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

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• 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

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• All the past up to a moment ago is your legacy. You have a right to it.

  Robert Henri

  Past, Legacy, Scrapbooking

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

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• The object, which is back of every true work of art, is the attainment of a state of being, a state of high functioning, a more than ordinary moment of existence. In such moments activity is inevitable, and whether this activity is with brush, pen, chisel, or tongue, its result is but a by-product of the state, a trace, the footprint of the state.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Ordinary, Tongue

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

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• 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.

  Robert Henri

  Art, Struggle, Long

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

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• 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

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• 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.

  Robert Henri

  Struggle, Yesterday, Use

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

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• Color is only beautiful when it means something.

  Robert Henri

  Beautiful, Mean, Color

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

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• Life is finding yourself. It is a spirit development.

  Robert Henri

  Finding Yourself, Development, Spirit

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

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• Personal experimentation is revealing, and once you get into it, immensely engaging.

  Robert Henri

  Revealing, Engaging, Experimentation

  Robert Henri (2007). “The Art Spirit”, p.57, Basic Books

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• Don't worry about your originality. You couldn't get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.

  Robert Henri

  Worry, Sticks, Originality

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• Knowledge of anatomy is a tool like good brushes.

  Robert Henri

  Knowledge, Tools, Brushes

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