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The job of art is to turn time into things.

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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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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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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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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With materialization in play you have magic in your fingers and you become the wizard.
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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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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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God may work in light, but we mortals work in pigment.
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Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.
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We artists stick ourselves out. This in itself deserves respect.
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I required a destination that was worthy of many visits.
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One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.
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