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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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Painters paint, and history continues to make fools of curators.
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Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work.
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We artists allow others to see through our windows.
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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.
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Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.
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No one is going to hand you an organizational chart. You have to hand it to yourself.
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Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation.
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An abstract title suggests another value to the subject, perhaps an artistic quality that sets the viewers' sensitivities into action.
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Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.
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A list of your own making is the most powerful list of all... The good stuff can be 'love at first sight' - in need of study, courting and claiming. And like a love note, it's nice to have things in writing.
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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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Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.
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A painting has an intrinsic value which has nothing to do with critical assessments.
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Factual titling satisfies and is pure by its lack of bamboozlement.
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By thinking you are cleverer and more talented than your buddies, many a career has been blotted.
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I required a destination that was worthy of many visits.
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For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit.
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Starving artist' is acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60.
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The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions such as Dentistry, Medicine, or among members of the Airline Pilot's Association.
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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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