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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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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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Style essentially appeared out of what I liked to do.
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A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.
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Previously unseen boo-boos come at you like tattoos on a teenage girl.
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In acrylics, what you lose on the straights you make up for on the corners.
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Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought.
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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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We artists allow others to see through our windows.
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In acrylic, happiness comes a bit faster.
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It's okay to doubt. It's important to test. The way to discover secrets is to be a student of your own efforts.
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Words are small straitjackets when put around creative flourishes and maneuverings.
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By thinking you are cleverer and more talented than your buddies, many a career has been blotted.
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Dogs are angels sent from heaven in order to help us to be better people.
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Your easel is the nuclear sun of an uncommon universe.
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Priests are often well-meaning people who haven't yet looked too thoroughly into comparative religion.
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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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Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes.
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I required a destination that was worthy of many visits.
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Drawing is still the bottom line.
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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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So who are we going to blame for our disappointments and our failures?
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