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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.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
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Robert Douglas Genn
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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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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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Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good path, even though at times a difficult one. As bearers of this honour, we artists do not need to simply render our world as we see it but as we might ourselves redesign it. As artists, one of our privileges is to invent.
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Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes.
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The most expensive bottle of wine ever sold - a 1787 Chateau Lafite Bordeaux, supposedly once the property of Thomas Jefferson... It was sold at Christie's in London in 1985 for $156,000.00. Like a lot of high-priced art, the bottle is essentially undrinkable.
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A curiosity prompt heightens the senses and hones compositional ability.
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Mountains in all their moods are symbols of something greater, something worth aspiring to. Mountains are powerful, dangerous, beautiful, noble and mysterious. Mountains get respect.
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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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Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work.
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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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I have always found it a testament to the importance of painting that the first thing many people do when their home is on fire is to grab their paintings and then run out.
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As self-governing entities, artists have a profound interest in change. Embracing change, we embrace growth and we embrace our future.
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The overly-verbal artist is led by his understanding of things--rather than by direct observation of things as they are.
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Starving artist' is acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60.
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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.
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The Canadian painter A. Y. Jackson noted that 'failure of sight' was a tiresome problem. He meant we should be able to look at our work-in-progress as if it were previously unseen.
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A list of your own making is the most powerful list of all... The good stuff can be 'love at first sight' - in need of study, courting and claiming. And like a love note, it's nice to have things in writing.
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