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One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.

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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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There is no progress without product.
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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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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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Style essentially appeared out of what I liked to do.
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As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.
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I required a destination that was worthy of many visits.
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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 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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Fact is, perfection is boring.
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So who are we going to blame for our disappointments and our failures?
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Starving artist' is acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60.
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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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Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.
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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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