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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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The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance for this mystery. Influence is like Scotch it's good to know your personal limit.
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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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Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought.
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Drawing is still the bottom line.
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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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Life is a passage through a museum of beauty.
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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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A painting has an intrinsic value which has nothing to do with critical assessments.
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The brilliance of art as a collectible is that it has a way of reaching out on an emotional level. It touches on mystery, even spirituality.
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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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The job of art is to turn time into things.
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We are trying to evoke and reinforce meanings from the spaces we cover and the times we're given. Short or long this becomes our purpose. What we artists do is important stuff.
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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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The Canadian painter A. Y. Jackson noted that 'failure of sight' was a tiresome problem. He meant we should be able to look at our work-in-progress as if it were previously unseen.
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Words are small straitjackets when put around creative flourishes and maneuverings.
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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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Dealer goodwill and friendship are keys to thrival.
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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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Dogs are angels sent from heaven in order to help us to be better people.
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While obsessive behavior may be an antisocial plague to societies and communities at large, it's total moxie when lone practitioners catch it.
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