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Artspeak is an arcane writing style that can result in a vocabulary of obscurities... Today, some of the more spectacular examples are in artist's statements.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
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Obscurities
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Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs professionals get to work.
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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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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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The guy may be totally motivated, connected and inspired, but if he doesn't know how to do it, he's not the guy to take out your appendix.
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A curiosity prompt heightens the senses and hones compositional ability.
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Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within.
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Sometimes... we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares?
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Previously unseen boo-boos come at you like tattoos on a teenage girl.
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Style essentially appeared out of what I liked to do.
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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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A list of your own making is the most powerful list of all... The good stuff can be 'love at first sight' - in need of study, courting and claiming. And like a love note, it's nice to have things in writing.
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Art is a path on which we honour our world.
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There is a wonderful feeling when you walk into your own exhibition. You see the work as a true extension of yourself. Win or lose, your interests have led you to an accumulation of your personal expression, signed lower right, mounted to best advantage.
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A young person wanting to become an artist might simply go purposefully and dedicatedly to his or her room with a few books and a thousand blank canvases for four years.
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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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The job of art is to turn time into things.
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Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.
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We artists allow others to see through our windows.
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In acrylic, happiness comes a bit faster.
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For a lot of us drawing is a tyranny which impedes freshness and spontaneity.
Robert Genn