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For a lot of us drawing is a tyranny which impedes freshness and spontaneity.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Freshness
Spontaneity
Tyranny
Drawing
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