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Robert Genn Quotes

Abstract understanding doesn’t mean arbitrary sloshing and messing. Abstract art is controlled visual magic based on laws and methodology. Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery rather that obvious description. Like a good poem, a good abstraction attacks your feelings before your understanding. Abstraction within realism adds zest and excitement to otherwise dull subject matter. Abstract understanding takes time and patience Picture Quote #1

Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal Picture Quote #1

There is a wonderful feeling when you walk into your own exhibition. You see the work as a true extension of yourself. Win or lose, your interests have led you to an accumulation of your personal expression, signed lower right, mounted to best advantage Picture Quote #1

While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone Picture Quote #1

It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to use theirs Picture Quote #1

Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good path, even though at times a difficult one. As bearers of this honour, we artists do not need to simply render our world as we see it but as we might ourselves redesign it. As artists, one of our privileges is to invent Picture Quote #1

The oceans of art are awash with people who can’t paint. When those who can’t paint notice those who can, they are sometimes not inclined to accept them as serious like themselves. It’s an unfortunate quirk of human nature and ought not to be fretted over Picture Quote #1

Artists... do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors Picture Quote #1

As well as many subspecies, the main blocks are fear of failure after previous success, fear of success due to a sense of unworthiness, lack of potential venue, jaded attitude, crisis of confidence, evidence of persistent poor quality, lackadaisical motivation, and common everyday shortage of ideas Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Incompetence, in my books, is the failure of the critical faculties to interfere constructively with the natural flow Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Watch the greater image materialize. You need that thing over there to tell you what to do about that thing over here Picture Quote #1

Creativity is dynamic, it asserts life, frees the human spirit, conquers mental lassitude and illness, and makes real the outrageous potential of the universal imagination Picture Quote #1

Artists should be aware that petty stroking could be the source of arrested productivity. An artist’s job includes the avoidance of premature closure by the begged or gratuitous approval of others Picture Quote #1

Critics are the products of their own times and biases and what they have to say about works of art is as transient and insubstantial as fashion Picture Quote #1

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Flat, uninteresting parts of paintings are, in fact, a ruse to get the viewer to see what needs to be seen Picture Quote #1

An opening and a receptiveness to design and pattern for its own sake seems to free the painting hand Picture Quote #1

I find that as I get into a painting I have high hopes, then little by little I begin to see that it is not going to be the masterpiece I thought it would be, and I start putting my hopes into the next work Picture Quote #1

We artists give daily thanks for the miracle of our planet and for the inclination and the capability to honour it Picture Quote #1

A young person wanting to become an artist might simply go purposefully and dedicatedly to his or her room with a few books and a thousand blank canvases for four years Picture Quote #1

Regarding ego force, we don’t always like people who have it. If you have it, and need to be liked, you ought to consider letting most of it come out the end of your brush Picture Quote #1

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I’ve come to realize that companionship and mild competition can help build quality and lay the ground for excellence Picture Quote #1

The centipede has rhythm and flow in its hundred legs precisely because it does not have to think about it. Consider this the next time you move the instruments of your art Picture Quote #1

We are not born focusing. It’s an acquired skill that requires initial effort and constant upgrading Picture Quote #1

Novelty is vital to the stimulation of life... New neural paths are sparked by caving in to notions Picture Quote #1

Paintings, like tombstones, will last a good five hundred years, well into twenty or thirty generations Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Abstract understanding doesn’t mean arbitrary sloshing and messing. Abstract art is controlled visual magic based on laws and methodology. Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery rather that obvious description. Like a good poem, a good abstraction attacks your feelings before your understanding. Abstraction within realism adds zest and excitement to otherwise dull subject matter. Abstract understanding takes time and patience (Robert Genn Quotes) Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal (Robert Genn Quotes) There is a wonderful feeling when you walk into your own exhibition. You see the work as a true extension of yourself. Win or lose, your interests have led you to an accumulation of your personal expression, signed lower right, mounted to best advantage (Robert Genn Quotes) While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone (Robert Genn Quotes) It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected (Robert Genn Quotes) 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 (Robert Genn Quotes) Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to use theirs (Robert Genn Quotes) Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good path, even though at times a difficult one. As bearers of this honour, we artists do not need to simply render our world as we see it but as we might ourselves redesign it. As artists, one of our privileges is to invent (Robert Genn Quotes) The oceans of art are awash with people who can’t paint. When those who can’t paint notice those who can, they are sometimes not inclined to accept them as serious like themselves. It’s an unfortunate quirk of human nature and ought not to be fretted over (Robert Genn Quotes) Artists... do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors (Robert Genn Quotes) As well as many subspecies, the main blocks are fear of failure after previous success, fear of success due to a sense of unworthiness, lack of potential venue, jaded attitude, crisis of confidence, evidence of persistent poor quality, lackadaisical motivation, and common everyday shortage of ideas (Robert Genn Quotes) 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 (Robert Genn Quotes) Incompetence, in my books, is the failure of the critical faculties to interfere constructively with the natural flow (Robert Genn Quotes) 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 (Robert Genn Quotes) Watch the greater image materialize. You need that thing over there to tell you what to do about that thing over here (Robert Genn Quotes) Creativity is dynamic, it asserts life, frees the human spirit, conquers mental lassitude and illness, and makes real the outrageous potential of the universal imagination (Robert Genn Quotes) Artists should be aware that petty stroking could be the source of arrested productivity. An artist’s job includes the avoidance of premature closure by the begged or gratuitous approval of others (Robert Genn Quotes) Critics are the products of their own times and biases and what they have to say about works of art is as transient and insubstantial as fashion (Robert Genn Quotes) Flat, uninteresting parts of paintings are, in fact, a ruse to get the viewer to see what needs to be seen (Robert Genn Quotes) An opening and a receptiveness to design and pattern for its own sake seems to free the painting hand (Robert Genn Quotes) I find that as I get into a painting I have high hopes, then little by little I begin to see that it is not going to be the masterpiece I thought it would be, and I start putting my hopes into the next work (Robert Genn Quotes) We artists give daily thanks for the miracle of our planet and for the inclination and the capability to honour it (Robert Genn Quotes) A young person wanting to become an artist might simply go purposefully and dedicatedly to his or her room with a few books and a thousand blank canvases for four years (Robert Genn Quotes) Regarding ego force, we don’t always like people who have it. If you have it, and need to be liked, you ought to consider letting most of it come out the end of your brush (Robert Genn Quotes) I’ve come to realize that companionship and mild competition can help build quality and lay the ground for excellence (Robert Genn Quotes) The centipede has rhythm and flow in its hundred legs precisely because it does not have to think about it. Consider this the next time you move the instruments of your art (Robert Genn Quotes) We are not born focusing. It’s an acquired skill that requires initial effort and constant upgrading (Robert Genn Quotes) Novelty is vital to the stimulation of life... New neural paths are sparked by caving in to notions (Robert Genn Quotes) Paintings, like tombstones, will last a good five hundred years, well into twenty or thirty generations (Robert Genn Quotes) 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 (Robert Genn Quotes)

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