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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Flourishes
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Creative
Words
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The Canadian painter A. Y. Jackson noted that 'failure of sight' was a tiresome problem. He meant we should be able to look at our work-in-progress as if it were previously unseen.
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Sometimes... we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares?
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Our currency is what we are able to make.
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Starving artist' is acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60.
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Music is the most abstract of the arts and it expresses the sound of the universe itself. These are the real rhythms that stimulate the artist's mind and guide his hand.
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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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Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work.
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There is no progress without product.
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Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs professionals get to work.
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The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions such as Dentistry, Medicine, or among members of the Airline Pilot's Association.
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In acrylic, happiness comes a bit faster.
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Painters paint, and history continues to make fools of curators.
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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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Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.
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Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation.
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Flowers are an education in a vase.
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I required a destination that was worthy of many visits.
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It's okay to doubt. It's important to test. The way to discover secrets is to be a student of your own efforts.
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Dealer goodwill and friendship are keys to thrival.
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