Robert Henri: Expression

Robert Henri was American painter. Explore interesting quotes on expression.

Robert Henri: 40 quotes 3 likes

“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 experience.”

Robert Henri

Source: * The New York Exhibition of Independent Artists ** The Craftsman ** 1910 ** https://books.google.com/books?id=Af84fBmzmVYC&pg=PA423&lpg=PA423&dq=Art+cannot+be+separated+from+life.#v=onepage&q=Art%20cannot%20be%20separated%20from%20life.&f=false.

Life , Art

“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

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Art

“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

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People , Art , Learning , Time