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Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Art
Self
Experimentation
Driven
Sorrow
Risk

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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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