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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
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
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In the companionship of art we are all of a time. Early or late we are to be shared.
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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 brilliance of art as a collectible is that it has a way of reaching out on an emotional level. It touches on mystery, even spirituality.
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While obsessive behavior may be an antisocial plague to societies and communities at large, it's total moxie when lone practitioners catch it.
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Painters paint, and history continues to make fools of curators.
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Factual titling satisfies and is pure by its lack of bamboozlement.
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God may work in light, but we mortals work in pigment.
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A painting has an intrinsic value which has nothing to do with critical assessments.
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In acrylics, what you lose on the straights you make up for on the corners.
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Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within.
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Artspeak is an arcane writing style that can result in a vocabulary of obscurities... Today, some of the more spectacular examples are in artist's statements.
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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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Life is a passage through a museum of beauty.
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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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More than any other colour, red is loaded for action.
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Objects are held by the backgrounds that are cut into them.
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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 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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Style essentially appeared out of what I liked to do.
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Art is a path on which we honour our world.
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