“Henry, so long now dear to me… opened to me a view of passionate engagement in the practice of art. Tough minded and discerning, he was enthusiastically appreciative, capable of being deeply moved by the wonder of it—art. He was totally absorbed in it and conveyed to me through his gentle teaching and infinite patience and through his own creative process a value in life commitment. In his subtle and resolute persistence, his integrity of conviction and sensibility he was confident of his own powers as an artist but remained ceaselessly open and questioning, never complacent and never arrogant…”