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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.

Robert Genn

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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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Our human landscape is overburdened with competitions and contests. Art need not be a contest. Art is a personal quest for quality. Quality is the forerunner of acceptance. Character is the forerunner of quality. Be your own discriminating connoisseur.
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With materialization in play you have magic in your fingers and you become the wizard.
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God may work in light, but we mortals work in pigment.
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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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Your easel is the nuclear sun of an uncommon universe.
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Fact is, perfection is boring.
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