Famous Robert Henri Quotes

  • What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture. – Robert Henri

    What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture.– Robert Henri

  • We read books. They make us think. It matters very little whether we agree with the books or not. – Robert Henri

    We read books. They make us think. It matters very little whether we agree with the books or not.– Robert Henri

  • There are mighty few people who think what they think they think. – Robert Henri

    There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.– Robert Henri

  • You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not. – Robert Henri

    You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not.– Robert Henri

  • You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not. – Robert Henri

    You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not.– Robert Henri

  • The end will be what it will be. The object is intense living, fulfillment; the great happiness in creation. – Robert Henri

    The end will be what it will be. The object is intense living, fulfillment; the great happiness in creation.– Robert Henri

  • We are troubled by having two selves, the inner and the outer. The outer one is rather dull and lets great things go by. – Robert Henri

    We are troubled by having two selves, the inner and the outer. The outer one is rather dull and lets great things go by.– Robert Henri

  • Concentrate on a single feature -“ as, build all toward one eye -“ make all lines lead toward that eye. (Robert Henri) – Robert Henri

    Concentrate on a single feature -“ as, build all toward one eye -“ make all lines lead toward that eye. (Robert Henri)– Robert Henri

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

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

    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