Wednesday's Quote

Robert Henri (1865-1929) was an American painter who also wrote about art and its social role, evident in work of he and his colleagues in the so-called Ashcan School. Here's something he wrote reflecting on the connection between art and life:

"Art cannot be separated from life. It is the

expression of the greatest need of which life
is capable, and we value art not because of
the skilled product, but because of its
revelation of a life's experience."