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With materialization in play you have magic in your fingers and you become the wizard.

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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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Wizard
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As self-governing entities, artists have a profound interest in change. Embracing change, we embrace growth and we embrace our future.
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For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit.
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I do know, for most of us, the very best of times are when you're in your own space sweating, trying to squeeze quality out of imperfect capabilities.
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Incompetence, in my books, is the failure of the critical faculties to interfere constructively with the natural flow.
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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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One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.
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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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My app is the same juicy paint used by Vincent Van Gogh my screen is the woven canvas of Titian. Painting by hand, I've come to figure, is a certain kind of love.
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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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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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Artists... do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors.
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The job of art is to turn time into things.
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Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.
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One of the ways to learn is to know when you're making failures.
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A simple equation for the production of successful art work is lots of reference material plus lots of art supplies equals lots of painting happiness.
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A painting has an intrinsic value which has nothing to do with critical assessments.
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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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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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Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good path, even though at times a difficult one. As bearers of this honour, we artists do not need to simply render our world as we see it but as we might ourselves redesign it. As artists, one of our privileges is to invent.
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Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.
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