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Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Inadequacy
Properly
Accomplishment
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Common
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I required a destination that was worthy of many visits.
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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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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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Watch the greater image materialize. You need that thing over there to tell you what to do about that thing over here.
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