“Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad.”
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Famous Robert Henri Quotes
“A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don't confuse a drawing with a map.”
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“Has your drawing the meaning you saw in the model at first?”
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“If you think of a school drawing while you work, your drawing will look like one.”
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“It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw.”
“A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line.”
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“Lines are results, do not draw them for themselves.”
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“You will never draw the sense of a thing unless you are feeling it at the time you work.”
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“Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing.”
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“Count on big lines to express your ideas.”
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