The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.
More Quotes from Robert Henri:
Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you.Robert Henri
There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.
Robert Henri
Do whatever you do intensely.
Robert Henri
I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.
Robert Henri
It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.
Robert Henri
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