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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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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 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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Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.
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Style essentially appeared out of what I liked to do.
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Our currency is what we are able to make.
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God may work in light, but we mortals work in pigment.
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So who are we going to blame for our disappointments and our failures?
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Factual titling satisfies and is pure by its lack of bamboozlement.
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Know that to begin is often better than to think.
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As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.
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Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.
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The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance for this mystery. Influence is like Scotch it's good to know your personal limit.
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With materialization in play you have magic in your fingers and you become the wizard.
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It's better to have a small diamond than a large piece of glass.
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A simple equation for the production of successful art work is lots of reference material plus lots of art supplies equals lots of painting happiness.
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Priests are often well-meaning people who haven't yet looked too thoroughly into comparative religion.
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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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No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.
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In acrylics, what you lose on the straights you make up for on the corners.
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Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle of insecurity.
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