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A curiosity prompt heightens the senses and hones compositional ability.

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Composition
Curiosity
Senses
Ability
Compositional
Heightens
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For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit.
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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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The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions such as Dentistry, Medicine, or among members of the Airline Pilot's Association.
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Don't assume there is only one way. Don't assume that mistakes are a bad thing. Don't think for one minute that everyone agrees with what 'good' is.
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Flowers are an education in a vase.
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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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No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.
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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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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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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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The short-goal habit is key to larger success and is at the root of human greatness. Life is think and do, think and do, think and do. Small steps can be greater than great leaps.
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There is no progress without product.
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Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.
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More than any other colour, red is loaded for action.
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One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.
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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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Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to use theirs.
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Painters paint, and history continues to make fools of curators.
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As we grow older, we realize just how limiting were our earlier conceptions. Art is something else. Art is fluid, transmutable, open-ended, never complete, and never perfect. Art is an event.
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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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