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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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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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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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An abstract title suggests another value to the subject, perhaps an artistic quality that sets the viewers' sensitivities into action.
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Sometimes... we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares?
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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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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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As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.
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So who are we going to blame for our disappointments and our failures?
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Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.
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Passion is the force that springs an artist from the needling cushion of depression.
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We artists give daily thanks for the miracle of our planet and for the inclination and the capability to honour it.
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Life is a passage through a museum of beauty.
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Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs professionals get to work.
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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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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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Dogs are angels sent from heaven in order to help us to be better people.
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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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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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For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit.
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Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle of insecurity.
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