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Words are small straitjackets when put around creative flourishes and maneuverings.

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Small
Creative
Words
Around
Flourishes

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When shucked and released from its edges, the windowless subject stands alone as its own thing.
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Starving artist' is acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60.
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As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.
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Dogs are angels sent from heaven in order to help us to be better people.
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A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.
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Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle of insecurity.
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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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Dealer goodwill and friendship are keys to thrival.
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In acrylics, what you lose on the straights you make up for on the corners.
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Sometimes... we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares?
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No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.
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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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An abstract title suggests another value to the subject, perhaps an artistic quality that sets the viewers' sensitivities into action.
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Previously unseen boo-boos come at you like tattoos on a teenage girl.
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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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