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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.

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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Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within.
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Passion is the force that springs an artist from the needling cushion of depression.
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It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected.
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A young person wanting to become an artist might simply go purposefully and dedicatedly to his or her room with a few books and a thousand blank canvases for four years.
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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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A high price may be part of the mystique in selling difficult art.
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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 of the ways to learn is to know when you're making failures.
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