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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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Fact is, perfection is boring.
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Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.
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An early flourish of confidence is useful. Then there's the small crudities - the slubs and bumps that come with outdoor work - the odd charm of imprecision.
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I do know, for most of us, the very best of times are when you're in your own space sweating, trying to squeeze quality out of imperfect capabilities.
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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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Know that to begin is often better than to think.
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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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We artists give daily thanks for the miracle of our planet and for the inclination and the capability to honour it.
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Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art instructs in beauty as well as ugliness, fantasy as well as common sense. Art levels souls and baffles brains. Art softens pain because it is pain. Art gives joy because it is joy.
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Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes.
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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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Life is a passage through a museum of beauty.
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It's better to have a small diamond than a large piece of glass.
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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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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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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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My app is the same juicy paint used by Vincent Van Gogh my screen is the woven canvas of Titian. Painting by hand, I've come to figure, is a certain kind of love.
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While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone.
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Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good path, even though at times a difficult one. As bearers of this honour, we artists do not need to simply render our world as we see it but as we might ourselves redesign it. As artists, one of our privileges is to invent.
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