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In the companionship of art we are all of a time. Early or late we are to be shared.

Robert Genn

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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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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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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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A painting has an intrinsic value which has nothing to do with critical assessments.
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It's better to have a small diamond than a large piece of glass.
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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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Dealer goodwill and friendship are keys to thrival.
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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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Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought.
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Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation.
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As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.
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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 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 self-governing entities, artists have a profound interest in change. Embracing change, we embrace growth and we embrace our future.
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Words are small straitjackets when put around creative flourishes and maneuverings.
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Exploit a subject or a theme to its greatest potential by bringing all possible reference to bear - then put aside the reference and create again using the potential of your unfettered imagination.
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Watch the greater image materialize. You need that thing over there to tell you what to do about that thing over here.
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A curiosity prompt heightens the senses and hones compositional ability.
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