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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
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Robert Douglas Genn
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Artspeak is an arcane writing style that can result in a vocabulary of obscurities... Today, some of the more spectacular examples are in artist's statements.
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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.
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Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs professionals get to work.
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Your easel is the nuclear sun of an uncommon universe.
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Painters paint, and history continues to make fools of curators.
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Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.
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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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Starving artist' is acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60.
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The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance for this mystery. Influence is like Scotch it's good to know your personal limit.
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We are trying to evoke and reinforce meanings from the spaces we cover and the times we're given. Short or long this becomes our purpose. What we artists do is important stuff.
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Objects are held by the backgrounds that are cut into them.
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For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit.
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Words are small straitjackets when put around creative flourishes and maneuverings.
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A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.
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Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.
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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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For a lot of us drawing is a tyranny which impedes freshness and spontaneity.
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Fact is, perfection is boring.
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There is no progress without product.
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