Quote

I required a destination that was worthy of many visits.

Robert Genn

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Worthy
Journey
Many
Visits
Destination
Required

More quotes by Robert Genn

Image
When shucked and released from its edges, the windowless subject stands alone as its own thing.
Robert Genn
Image
We artists stick ourselves out. This in itself deserves respect.
Robert Genn
Image
While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone.
Robert Genn
Image
Objects are held by the backgrounds that are cut into them.
Robert Genn
Image
Sometimes... we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares?
Robert Genn
Image
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.
Robert Genn
Image
Dealer goodwill and friendship are keys to thrival.
Robert Genn
Image
In life and art we need to make sure that we honour that which our hearts and brains tell us is good. And we should cast a philosophic yet curious smile at that which our hearts and brains tell us otherwise.
Robert Genn
Image
Music is the most abstract of the arts and it expresses the sound of the universe itself. These are the real rhythms that stimulate the artist's mind and guide his hand.
Robert Genn
Image
We artists allow others to see through our windows.
Robert Genn
Image
Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought.
Robert Genn
Image
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.
Robert Genn
Image
The job of art is to turn time into things.
Robert Genn
Image
Your easel is the nuclear sun of an uncommon universe.
Robert Genn
Image
The studio is an extension of the sandbox and the kindergarten playroom. It has a dynamic unlike any office or factory. It's a room at the service of a dreamer on her way to becoming a master.
Robert Genn
Image
Style essentially appeared out of what I liked to do.
Robert Genn
Image
Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation.
Robert Genn
Image
As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.
Robert Genn
Image
The guy may be totally motivated, connected and inspired, but if he doesn't know how to do it, he's not the guy to take out your appendix.
Robert Genn
Image
It's okay to doubt. It's important to test. The way to discover secrets is to be a student of your own efforts.
Robert Genn