“ Lines are results, do not draw them for themselves. ... Lines give birth to lines. Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing. ... Make a drawing flow, stoppin… 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 becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, ups… Robert Henri
“ Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away. Robert Henri
“ The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable. 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. Robert Henri
“ Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture. A worker or painter should enjoy his work, else the observer will not enjoy it. Robert Henri
“ The brain can be a wonderful tool, can be a willing slave, as has been evidenced by some men, but of course it works poorly when it has not the habit of usage. An automobile can become a source of del… Robert Henri
“ Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself. Robert Henri
“ Sometimes we do grip the concert in a human head, and so hold it that in a way we get a record of it into paint, but the vision and expressing of one day will not do for the next. Robert Henri
“ We read books. They make us think. It matters very little whether we agree with the books or not. Robert Henri
“ A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods. Robert Henri
“ A common defect of modern art study is that too many students do not know why they draw. Robert Henri
“ The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note them down in the shorthand of his sketchbook. Robert Henri
