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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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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
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Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within.
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Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation.
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Paintings, like tombstones, will last a good five hundred years, well into twenty or thirty generations.
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Fact is, perfection is boring.
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Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs professionals get to work.
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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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Sometimes... we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares?
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