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Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs professionals get to work.

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Waiting
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Amateurs
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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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The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance for this mystery. Influence is like Scotch it's good to know your personal limit.
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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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It's better to have a small diamond than a large piece of glass.
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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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Words are small straitjackets when put around creative flourishes and maneuverings.
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A curiosity prompt heightens the senses and hones compositional ability.
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Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.
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Drawing is still the bottom line.
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Your easel is the nuclear sun of an uncommon universe.
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Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.
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Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art instructs in beauty as well as ugliness, fantasy as well as common sense. Art levels souls and baffles brains. Art softens pain because it is pain. Art gives joy because it is joy.
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Don't assume there is only one way. Don't assume that mistakes are a bad thing. Don't think for one minute that everyone agrees with what 'good' is.
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Art is a path on which we honour our world.
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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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Dogs are angels sent from heaven in order to help us to be better people.
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Watch the greater image materialize. You need that thing over there to tell you what to do about that thing over here.
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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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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within.
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