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Drawing is still the bottom line.

Robert Genn

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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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Sometimes... we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares?
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Factual titling satisfies and is pure by its lack of bamboozlement.
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God may work in light, but we mortals work in pigment.
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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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