"Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value art not because of the skilled product, but because of its revelation of a life's ex…"

— Robert Henri

Art1865–1929

#life

life

""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

Art1865–1929

#philosophy

philosophy

""Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value art not because of the skilled product, but because of its revelation of a life's e…"

— Robert Henri

Art1865–1929

#philosophy

philosophy

""There is only one reason for art in America, and that is that the people of America learn the means of expressing themselves in their own time, and their own land.""

— Robert Henri

Art1865–1929

#philosophy

philosophy

"The Masses marked, I have been told, the first appearance of "realism" in an American magazine. But I was ignorant of, and indifferent to, schools of art and literature. Of the new movement in art rep…"

— Robert Henri

Art1865–1929

#art

art

"Do whatever you do intensely."

— Robert Henri

Art1865–1929

#Human Nature

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1865
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Birth
1929
Died
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