The big painter is one who has something to say. He thus does not paint men, landscape or furniture, but an idea.
Robert HenriIt 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 HenriMany 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 HenriGenius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.
Robert Henri