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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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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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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected.
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I required a destination that was worthy of many visits.
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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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Dealer goodwill and friendship are keys to thrival.
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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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Life is a passage through a museum of beauty.
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Style essentially appeared out of what I liked to do.
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For a lot of us drawing is a tyranny which impedes freshness and spontaneity.
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Our currency is what we are able to make.
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Painters paint, and history continues to make fools of curators.
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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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Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.
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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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When shucked and released from its edges, the windowless subject stands alone as its own thing.
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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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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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No one is going to hand you an organizational chart. You have to hand it to yourself.
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