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Painters paint, and history continues to make fools of curators.

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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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Your easel is the nuclear sun of an uncommon universe.
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Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs professionals get to work.
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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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We artists give daily thanks for the miracle of our planet and for the inclination and the capability to honour it.
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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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Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work.
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Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes.
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One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.
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