Robert Henri
Born: 01-01-1865
Robert Henri was an influential American painter and teacher, pivotal in the development of the Ashcan School of art. Born in 1865, he championed realism and was known for his dynamic portraits and urban scenes. As an educator at the Art Students League of New York, his teachings inspired a generation of artists. Henri's book, "The Art Spirit," remains a seminal text on creativity and artistic philosophy.
Book summaries for books written by Robert Henri
Quotes
Do whatever you do intensely.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.
When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature.
The artist is the only free man. He is not afraid of anything.
Paint what you really see, not what you think you ought to see.
Every artist knows that there is no such thing as art... There is only life, and life is an eternal movement.
The object of painting a picture is not to make a picture... The picture is but a by-product of the artist's contemplation of a subject.
To paint is to love again, and to love is to live abundantly.
It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object.
Art is a product of the untamed, wild spirit.
Don't worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.