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Flowers are an education in a vase.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Education
Vase
Vases
Flowers
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In the companionship of art we are all of a time. Early or late we are to be shared.
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Do something others will have the desire to plagiarize but will find difficult to do.
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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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As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.
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There is a wonderful feeling when you walk into your own exhibition. You see the work as a true extension of yourself. Win or lose, your interests have led you to an accumulation of your personal expression, signed lower right, mounted to best advantage.
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God may work in light, but we mortals work in pigment.
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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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By thinking you are cleverer and more talented than your buddies, many a career has been blotted.
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Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.
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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought.
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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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Fact is, perfection is boring.
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In acrylics, what you lose on the straights you make up for on the corners.
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With materialization in play you have magic in your fingers and you become the wizard.
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Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes.
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Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.
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