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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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With materialization in play you have magic in your fingers and you become the wizard.
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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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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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A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.
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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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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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Sometimes... we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares?
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God may work in light, but we mortals work in pigment.
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No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.
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Art is a Great Goddess of infinite intrigue and illusion, and even a lifetime of worship may not find her fickle soul.
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Factual titling satisfies and is pure by its lack of bamboozlement.
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Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.
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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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