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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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The short-goal habit is key to larger success and is at the root of human greatness. Life is think and do, think and do, think and do. Small steps can be greater than great leaps.
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A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.
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Visual tonics such as 'timed creativity' need to be introduced to refresh and refurbish the muse.
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God may work in light, but we mortals work in pigment.
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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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Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs professionals get to work.
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Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation.
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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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No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.
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Your easel is the nuclear sun of an uncommon universe.
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Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.
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By thinking you are cleverer and more talented than your buddies, many a career has been blotted.
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One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.
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Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.
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It's better to have a small diamond than a large piece of glass.
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Mountains in all their moods are symbols of something greater, something worth aspiring to. Mountains are powerful, dangerous, beautiful, noble and mysterious. Mountains get respect.
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Dealer goodwill and friendship are keys to thrival.
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