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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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As we grow older, we realize just how limiting were our earlier conceptions. Art is something else. Art is fluid, transmutable, open-ended, never complete, and never perfect. Art is an event.
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So who are we going to blame for our disappointments and our failures?
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Don't assume there is only one way. Don't assume that mistakes are a bad thing. Don't think for one minute that everyone agrees with what 'good' is.
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Previously unseen boo-boos come at you like tattoos on a teenage girl.
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Know that to begin is often better than to think.
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For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit.
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We artists allow others to see through our windows.
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Sometimes... we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares?
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Visual tonics such as 'timed creativity' need to be introduced to refresh and refurbish the muse.
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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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As every artist who has used the method knows - photography's a loyal slave and a tyrannical master.
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A simple equation for the production of successful art work is lots of reference material plus lots of art supplies equals lots of painting happiness.
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My app is the same juicy paint used by Vincent Van Gogh my screen is the woven canvas of Titian. Painting by hand, I've come to figure, is a certain kind of love.
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Our human landscape is overburdened with competitions and contests. Art need not be a contest. Art is a personal quest for quality. Quality is the forerunner of acceptance. Character is the forerunner of quality. Be your own discriminating connoisseur.
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In acrylic, happiness comes a bit faster.
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We artists stick ourselves out. This in itself deserves respect.
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The job of art is to turn time into things.
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Watch the greater image materialize. You need that thing over there to tell you what to do about that thing over here.
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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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It's better to have a small diamond than a large piece of glass.
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