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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
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Words are small straitjackets when put around creative flourishes and maneuverings.
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This evening, while signing my name on a painting, I was thinking I might stop signing my cheques.
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Don't assume there is only one way. Don't assume that mistakes are a bad thing. Don't think for one minute that everyone agrees with what 'good' is.
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Mountains in all their moods are symbols of something greater, something worth aspiring to. Mountains are powerful, dangerous, beautiful, noble and mysterious. Mountains get respect.
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One of the ways to learn is to know when you're making failures.
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Our currency is what we are able to make.
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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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Visual tonics such as 'timed creativity' need to be introduced to refresh and refurbish the muse.
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Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought.
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Art is a path on which we honour our world.
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Your easel is the nuclear sun of an uncommon universe.
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It's better to have a small diamond than a large piece of glass.
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Objects are held by the backgrounds that are cut into them.
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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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No one is going to hand you an organizational chart. You have to hand it to yourself.
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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 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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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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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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There is no progress without product.
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