Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Robert Henri (American Painter)

Robert Henri (1865–1929) was an influential American painter and educator. He played a central role in the Ashcan School, a movement focused on portraying the realities of urban life.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Henri studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia 1884–88 and attended the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Upon returning to the United States in 1892, he became an instructor at the School of Design for Women in Philadelphia.

Henri’s significant contributions include his role as a teacher at the New York School of Art, where he mentored the artists of the Ashcan School, including Edward Hopper and George Bellows. His teachings emphasized the importance of personal expression and capturing the vibrancy of contemporary life.

A notable work by Henri is the painting Snow in New York (1902,) highlighting his dedication to depicting everyday city scenes with a fresh perspective. His involvement with ‘The Eight,’ a group of American artists rebelling against the conservative National Academy of Design, underscored his commitment to artistic independence.

Henri’s seminal work, The Art Spirit (1923,) comprises letters, lectures, and philosophies on art that continue to inspire artists and art students. It emphasizes the significance of creative expression and the artist’s connection to the world.

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There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.
—Robert Henri
Topics: Thinking, Thought, Thoughts

All outward success, when it has value, is but the inevitable result of an inward success of full living, full play and enjoyment of one’s faculties.
—Robert Henri
Topics: Success

Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.
—Robert Henri
Topics: Water

Do whatever you do intensely.
—Robert Henri
Topics: Focus, Concentration

Cherish your emotions and never undervalue them.
—Robert Henri
Topics: Instincts

Don’t worry about your originality. You couldn’t get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do.
—Robert Henri
Topics: Originality

It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.
—Robert Henri
Topics: Happiness

A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.
—Robert Henri
Topics: Science

Many receive a criticism and think it is fine; think they got their money’s worth; think well of the teacher for it, and then go on with their work just the same as before. That is the reason much of the wisdom of Plato is still locked up in the pages of Plato.
—Robert Henri
Topics: Criticism

To be free, to be happy and to be fruitful, can only be attained through sacrifice of many common but overestimated things.
—Robert Henri
Topics: Happy, Rest

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