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    <body><![CDATA[Loved it! Here's what I wrote in my <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://aestheticspace.typepad.com/aesthetic_space/2008/12/robert-henris-art-spirit-part-two.html">blog</a> about it...<br/>    <br/>There are so many bits of wisdom in Robert Henri's The Art Spirit that it's hard to know what to share. (I have &quot;wow&quot; and &quot;cool&quot; and &quot;neat&quot; written in red letters in the margins of just about every page...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42026162">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great book collecting the writings and teachings of a great mind. I had my students read this book for their extra credit assignment in my figure drawing class. Though they were initially reluctant to do so, all of them that read it found it to be enlightening and engaging.  None regretted reading...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52302005">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A beautiful book about art, education, and life.  Robert Henri speaks not only to painters and sculptors but to anyone seeking to make a difference in this world of ours.  Perhaps one of the best books I have read since Ishmael by Quinn.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Here's a quote from The Art Spirit: I once met a man who told me that I always had an exaggerated idea of things. He said, &quot;Look at me, I am never excited.&quot; I looked at him and he was not exciting. For once I did not over-appreciate.&quot;<br/><br/>Book includes philosophy of art and app...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13767291">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[when man's acknowledgement of his true identity and substance, man will creatively discover what has been with him all along and be elightened as a result]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't do justice to this book, so won't try.  Only thing I will say is that my copy is held together by rubber-bands.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I keep coming back to this book for snippets of inspiration and for concrete advice on how to see better, to infuse my vision in what I create...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read many times over... a treasure trove of inspiration for anyone interested in creating or appreciating and enjoying art.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Robert Henri, leading American artist and teacher. One of my favorite books about the art of teaching art. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Writers should never forget that fiction is an art form.  Henri speaks to the artist inside us all.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Soo-o-o much valuable information by a wonderful teacher.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought this book after reading an interview with David Lynch in which he said something to the effect that this was his bible as a teenager... a lot of the book has to do directly with painting technique (I'm not a painter), but a lot of it is more generally philosophical about art, appreciation, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7123536">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was snooze city but there were a few pearls of wisdom in it that made it worth perusing. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a must read for any artist.  My is now dog-eared so that I can find pertinent passages again.  Henri's insight into the spiritual aspects and into the spirit of art itself are both meaningful and inspiring - it is difficult to read more than a few pages and not go pick up a brush, penci...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61008999">more...</a>]]></body>
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