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I required a destination that was worthy of many visits.

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

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There is no progress without product.
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Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation.
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Know that to begin is often better than to think.
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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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The most expensive bottle of wine ever sold - a 1787 Chateau Lafite Bordeaux, supposedly once the property of Thomas Jefferson... It was sold at Christie's in London in 1985 for $156,000.00. Like a lot of high-priced art, the bottle is essentially undrinkable.
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An early flourish of confidence is useful. Then there's the small crudities - the slubs and bumps that come with outdoor work - the odd charm of imprecision.
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Landscape painting tends to fall under more academic controls. I must say I often like working within these controls. It gives me the feeling that I'm taking part in a noble tradition.
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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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Words are small straitjackets when put around creative flourishes and maneuverings.
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Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to use theirs.
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Art is a path on which we honour our world.
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Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes.
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Dealer goodwill and friendship are keys to thrival.
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While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone.
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Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.
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The overly-verbal artist is led by his understanding of things--rather than by direct observation of things as they are.
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Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.
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You're right, super-realism is back in style.
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Previously unseen boo-boos come at you like tattoos on a teenage girl.
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Our currency is what we are able to make.
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