Some one has defined a work of art as a “thing beautifully done.” I like it better if we cut away the adverb and preserve the word “done,” and let it stand alone in its fullest meaning. Things are not done beautifully. The beauty is an integral part of their being done. – Robert Henri

A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle. – Robert Henri

A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle. – Robert Henri

A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle. – Robert Henri

A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle. – Robert Henri

A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle. – Robert Henri

I have no sympathy with the belief that art is the restricted province of those who paint, sculpt, make music and verse. I hope we will come to an understanding that the material used is only incidental, that there is artist in every man; and that to him the possibility of development and of expression and the happiness of creation is as much a right and as much a duty to himself, as to any of those who work in the especially ticketed ways. – Robert Henri

I have no sympathy with the belief that art is the restricted province of those who paint, sculpt, make music and verse. I hope we will come to an understanding that the material used is only incidental, that there is artist in every man; and that to him the possibility of development and of expression and the happiness of creation is as much a right and as much a duty to himself, as to any of those who work in the especially ticketed ways. – Robert Henri

The end will be what it will be. The object is intense living, fulfillment; the great happiness in creation. – Robert Henri

The end will be what it will be. The object is intense living, fulfillment; the great happiness in creation. – Robert Henri