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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
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Robert Douglas Genn
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I have always found it a testament to the importance of painting that the first thing many people do when their home is on fire is to grab their paintings and then run out.
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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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The job of art is to turn time into things.
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This evening, while signing my name on a painting, I was thinking I might stop signing my cheques.
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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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Art is a Great Goddess of infinite intrigue and illusion, and even a lifetime of worship may not find her fickle soul.
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As self-governing entities, artists have a profound interest in change. Embracing change, we embrace growth and we embrace our future.
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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 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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There is no progress without product.
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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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The studio is an extension of the sandbox and the kindergarten playroom. It has a dynamic unlike any office or factory. It's a room at the service of a dreamer on her way to becoming a master.
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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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Risk in art is experimentation. There is no sorrow in self-driven experimentation.
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God may work in light, but we mortals work in pigment.
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Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.
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More than any other colour, red is loaded for action.
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Painters paint, and history continues to make fools of curators.
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An early flourish of confidence is useful. Then there's the small crudities - the slubs and bumps that come with outdoor work - the odd charm of imprecision.
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