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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.

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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This evening, while signing my name on a painting, I was thinking I might stop signing my cheques.
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For a lot of us drawing is a tyranny which impedes freshness and spontaneity.
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A list of your own making is the most powerful list of all... The good stuff can be 'love at first sight' - in need of study, courting and claiming. And like a love note, it's nice to have things in writing.
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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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Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes.
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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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