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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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In the companionship of art we are all of a time. Early or late we are to be shared.
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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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Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work.
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The short-goal habit is key to larger success and is at the root of human greatness. Life is think and do, think and do, think and do. Small steps can be greater than great leaps.
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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.
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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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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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No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.
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As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.
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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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As we grow older, we realize just how limiting were our earlier conceptions. Art is something else. Art is fluid, transmutable, open-ended, never complete, and never perfect. Art is an event.
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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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I required a destination that was worthy of many visits.
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