Robert Henri, The Art Spirit: Notes, Articles, Fragments Of Letters And Talks To Students, Bearing On The Concept And Technique Of Picture Making, The Study Of Art Quotes
A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.
An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic.
There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.
What we need is more sense of the wonder of life and less of this business of making a picture.
You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not.
There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know.
We are troubled by having two selves, the inner and the outer. The outer one is rather dull and lets great things go by.
Cherish your own emotions and never under-value them. We are not here to do what has already been done.