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Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Guru
Gain
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Greatest
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Artist

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Mountains in all their moods are symbols of something greater, something worth aspiring to. Mountains are powerful, dangerous, beautiful, noble and mysterious. Mountains get respect.
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Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.
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Dealer goodwill and friendship are keys to thrival.
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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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Passion is the force that springs an artist from the needling cushion of depression.
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Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art instructs in beauty as well as ugliness, fantasy as well as common sense. Art levels souls and baffles brains. Art softens pain because it is pain. Art gives joy because it is joy.
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While obsessive behavior may be an antisocial plague to societies and communities at large, it's total moxie when lone practitioners catch it.
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It's better to have a small diamond than a large piece of glass.
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A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.
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Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.
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Drawing is still the bottom line.
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I have always found it a testament to the importance of painting that the first thing many people do when their home is on fire is to grab their paintings and then run out.
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Starving artist' is acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60.
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For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit.
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No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.
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Flowers are an education in a vase.
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We artists stick ourselves out. This in itself deserves respect.
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