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Our currency is what we are able to make.

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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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So who are we going to blame for our disappointments and our failures?
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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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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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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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We artists allow others to see through our windows.
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Visual tonics such as 'timed creativity' need to be introduced to refresh and refurbish the muse.
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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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In acrylics, what you lose on the straights you make up for on the corners.
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As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.
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As every artist who has used the method knows - photography's a loyal slave and a tyrannical master.
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Dogs are angels sent from heaven in order to help us to be better people.
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One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.
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There is no progress without product.
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Passion is the force that springs an artist from the needling cushion of depression.
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Landscape painting tends to fall under more academic controls. I must say I often like working within these controls. It gives me the feeling that I'm taking part in a noble tradition.
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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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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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The job of art is to turn time into things.
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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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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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