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We artists allow others to see through our windows.

Robert Genn

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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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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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Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought.
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There is no progress without product.
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Starving artist' is acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60.
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