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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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Passion is the force that springs an artist from the needling cushion of depression.
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Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.
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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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In acrylics, what you lose on the straights you make up for on the corners.
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We artists allow others to see through our windows.
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Art is a Great Goddess of infinite intrigue and illusion, and even a lifetime of worship may not find her fickle soul.
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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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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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Life is a passage through a museum of beauty.
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Words are small straitjackets when put around creative flourishes and maneuverings.
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So who are we going to blame for our disappointments and our failures?
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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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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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A painting has an intrinsic value which has nothing to do with critical assessments.
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Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs professionals get to work.
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As every artist who has used the method knows - photography's a loyal slave and a tyrannical master.
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It's okay to doubt. It's important to test. The way to discover secrets is to be a student of your own efforts.
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Take your brush here and there like a bee in an alpine meadow. In other words, don't laboriously work on or try to finish off one particular part. Paint promiscuously.
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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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