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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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Music is the most abstract of the arts and it expresses the sound of the universe itself. These are the real rhythms that stimulate the artist's mind and guide his hand.
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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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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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No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.
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One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.
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The studio is an extension of the sandbox and the kindergarten playroom. It has a dynamic unlike any office or factory. It's a room at the service of a dreamer on her way to becoming a master.
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An abstract title suggests another value to the subject, perhaps an artistic quality that sets the viewers' sensitivities into action.
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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.
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It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected.
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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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Do something others will have the desire to plagiarize but will find difficult to do.
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We artists stick ourselves out. This in itself deserves respect.
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You're right, super-realism is back in style.
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One of the ways to learn is to know when you're making failures.
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While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone.
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We artists allow others to see through our windows.
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Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation.
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More than any other colour, red is loaded for action.
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The centipede has rhythm and flow in its hundred legs precisely because it does not have to think about it. Consider this the next time you move the instruments of your art.
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