Quote

Visual tonics such as 'timed creativity' need to be introduced to refresh and refurbish the muse.

Robert Genn

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Visual
Creativity
Need
Tonics
Needs
Timed
Refresh
Introduced
Muse
Visuals

More quotes by Robert Genn

Image
No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.
Robert Genn
Image
Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within.
Robert Genn
Image
Factual titling satisfies and is pure by its lack of bamboozlement.
Robert Genn
Image
You're right, super-realism is back in style.
Robert Genn
Image
It's okay to doubt. It's important to test. The way to discover secrets is to be a student of your own efforts.
Robert Genn
Image
Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes.
Robert Genn
Image
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.
Robert Genn
Image
Do something others will have the desire to plagiarize but will find difficult to do.
Robert Genn
Image
Watch the greater image materialize. You need that thing over there to tell you what to do about that thing over here.
Robert Genn
Image
Objects are held by the backgrounds that are cut into them.
Robert Genn
Image
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.
Robert Genn
Image
Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work.
Robert Genn
Image
Don't assume there is only one way. Don't assume that mistakes are a bad thing. Don't think for one minute that everyone agrees with what 'good' is.
Robert Genn
Image
Music is the most abstract of the arts and it expresses the sound of the universe itself. These are the real rhythms that stimulate the artist's mind and guide his hand.
Robert Genn
Image
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.
Robert Genn
Image
Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs professionals get to work.
Robert Genn
Image
The brilliance of art as a collectible is that it has a way of reaching out on an emotional level. It touches on mystery, even spirituality.
Robert Genn
Image
Artists... do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors.
Robert Genn
Image
Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to use theirs.
Robert Genn
Image
Our currency is what we are able to make.
Robert Genn