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Art is a path on which we honour our world.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Path
Art
World
Honour

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Exploit a subject or a theme to its greatest potential by bringing all possible reference to bear - then put aside the reference and create again using the potential of your unfettered imagination.
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The short-goal habit is key to larger success and is at the root of human greatness. Life is think and do, think and do, think and do. Small steps can be greater than great leaps.
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There is a wonderful feeling when you walk into your own exhibition. You see the work as a true extension of yourself. Win or lose, your interests have led you to an accumulation of your personal expression, signed lower right, mounted to best advantage.
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You're right, super-realism is back in style.
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While obsessive behavior may be an antisocial plague to societies and communities at large, it's total moxie when lone practitioners catch it.
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Fact is, perfection is boring.
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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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We artists give daily thanks for the miracle of our planet and for the inclination and the capability to honour it.
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Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to use theirs.
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Life is a passage through a museum of beauty.
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Previously unseen boo-boos come at you like tattoos on a teenage girl.
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Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.
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The guy may be totally motivated, connected and inspired, but if he doesn't know how to do it, he's not the guy to take out your appendix.
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No one is going to hand you an organizational chart. You have to hand it to yourself.
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By thinking you are cleverer and more talented than your buddies, many a career has been blotted.
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It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected.
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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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