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In every human being there is the artist, and whatever his activity, he has an equal chance with any to express the result of his growth and his contact with life. I don't believe any real artist cares whether what he does is 'art' or not. Who, after all, knows what art is?
In every human being there is the artist, and whatever his activity, he has an equal chance with any to express the result of his growth and his contact with life. I don't believe any real artist cares whether what he does is 'art' or not. Who, after all, knows what art is?
Approximate author period: c. 1897 AD · industrial
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- Robert Henri
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- Approximate author period: c. 1897 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Robert Henri: life dates 1865 to 1929. Wikidata Q724860, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724860 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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