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Robert Genn Inspirational Quotes (108)

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Incompetence, in my books, is the failure of the critical faculties to interfere constructively with the natural flow.
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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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We are trying to evoke and reinforce meanings from the spaces we cover and the times we're given. Short or long this becomes our purpose. What we artists do is important stuff.
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One of the ways to learn is to know when you're making failures.
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Artspeak is an arcane writing style that can result in a vocabulary of obscurities... Today, some of the more spectacular examples are in artist's statements.
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Art is a Great Goddess of infinite intrigue and illusion, and even a lifetime of worship may not find her fickle soul.
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No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.
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A curiosity prompt heightens the senses and hones compositional ability.
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Landscape painting tends to fall under more academic controls. I must say I often like working within these controls. It gives me the feeling that I'm taking part in a noble tradition.
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Passion is the force that springs an artist from the needling cushion of depression.
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A simple equation for the production of successful art work is lots of reference material plus lots of art supplies equals lots of painting happiness.
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A high price may be part of the mystique in selling difficult art.
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Do something others will have the desire to plagiarize but will find difficult to do.
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Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.
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Drawing is still the bottom line.
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Take your brush here and there like a bee in an alpine meadow. In other words, don't laboriously work on or try to finish off one particular part. Paint promiscuously.
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It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected.
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Objects are held by the backgrounds that are cut into them.
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When shucked and released from its edges, the windowless subject stands alone as its own thing.
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The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions such as Dentistry, Medicine, or among members of the Airline Pilot's Association.
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Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work.
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As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.
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A painting has an intrinsic value which has nothing to do with critical assessments.
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An early flourish of confidence is useful. Then there's the small crudities - the slubs and bumps that come with outdoor work - the odd charm of imprecision.
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