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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
Powers
Lead
Common
Feelings
Channeled
Power
Inadequacy
Properly
Accomplishment

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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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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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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.
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Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.
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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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The job of art is to turn time into things.
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In life and art we need to make sure that we honour that which our hearts and brains tell us is good. And we should cast a philosophic yet curious smile at that which our hearts and brains tell us otherwise.
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It's better to have a small diamond than a large piece of glass.
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The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance for this mystery. Influence is like Scotch it's good to know your personal limit.
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You're right, super-realism is back in style.
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Previously unseen boo-boos come at you like tattoos on a teenage girl.
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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.
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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.
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It's okay to doubt. It's important to test. The way to discover secrets is to be a student of your own efforts.
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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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Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes.
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The overly-verbal artist is led by his understanding of things--rather than by direct observation of things as they are.
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The centipede has rhythm and flow in its hundred legs precisely because it does not have to think about it. Consider this the next time you move the instruments of your art.
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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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