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I do know, for most of us, the very best of times are when you're in your own space sweating, trying to squeeze quality out of imperfect capabilities.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
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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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Passion is the force that springs an artist from the needling cushion of depression.
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A painting has an intrinsic value which has nothing to do with critical assessments.
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In life and art we need to make sure that we honour that which our hearts and brains tell us is good. And we should cast a philosophic yet curious smile at that which our hearts and brains tell us otherwise.
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Starving artist' is acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60.
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Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.
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It's okay to doubt. It's important to test. The way to discover secrets is to be a student of your own efforts.
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This evening, while signing my name on a painting, I was thinking I might stop signing my cheques.
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Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes.
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Artists... do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors.
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