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Robert Genn Quotes

Learning to focus and pay attention, if only for a short time, has been identified as a primary key to the development of human effectiveness Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you can be lucky enough to establish a working relationship with another artist who takes away the loneliness, particularly in travel and outdoor work Picture Quote #1

Take your brush here and there like a bee in an alpine meadow. In other words, don’t laboriously work on or try to finish off one particular part. Paint promiscuously Picture Quote #1

We know the human mind is programmed to glaze over when bored. Conversely, the mind is more alert in the presence of novelty. Our muse needs to stay seductive to keep our hands doing the right things Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Certain music is terrifically inspirational and it is possible, months or even years afterwards, to look at a painting and remember the music that was playing during its execution Picture Quote #1

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While knowledge of tools and the love of motif may be in your backpack, and all mountains may be measured by their previous heroes, art must exist for you in a place beyond the judgment of others Picture Quote #1

While obsessive behavior may be an antisocial plague to societies and communities at large, it’s total moxie when lone practitioners catch it Picture Quote #1

I suppose what you’re doing as a painter is making a record of your trip through life. I can’t think of any job that is quite as satisfactory as doing a painting Picture Quote #1

No one would have the courage to walk up to a writer and ask to look at the last few pages of his manuscript, but they feel perfectly comfortable staring over an artist’s shoulder while he is trying to paint Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

No one is going to hand you an organizational chart. You have to hand it to yourself Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

In life and art it’s better to be an enthusiastic amateur than a jaded professional Picture Quote #1

Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art instructs in beauty as well as ugliness, fantasy as well as common sense. Art levels souls and baffles brains. Art softens pain because it is pain. Art gives joy because it is joy Picture Quote #1

We are trying to evoke and reinforce meanings from the spaces we cover and the times we’re given. Short or long this becomes our purpose. What we artists do is important stuff Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you’re looking for Picture Quote #1

Perhaps we might, within the anatomy of our imaginations, think once more of the naked body as a vessel of grace, taste and wonder. In the spotted history of art, stranger things have happened Picture Quote #1

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This evening, while signing my name on a painting, I was thinking I might stop signing my cheques Picture Quote #1

Art thrives on a difference of opinion. My treasure is your junk, sort of thing. Life would be dull if we all agreed Picture Quote #1

In life and art we need to make sure that we honour that which our hearts and brains tell us is good. And we should cast a philosophic yet curious smile at that which our hearts and brains tell us otherwise Picture Quote #1

When I’m in the studio I often hunger for the road. And when away I long for the efficiency of the studio Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

By thinking you are cleverer and more talented than your buddies, many a career has been blotted Picture Quote #1

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Do not be frivolous with the gift of a day. Right now it’s all you have. Yesterday is history Picture Quote #1

In the companionship of art we are all of a time. Early or late we are to be shared Picture Quote #1

Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work Picture Quote #1

Landscape painting tends to fall under more academic controls. I must say I often like working within these controls. It gives me the feeling that I’m taking part in a noble tradition Picture Quote #1

Accepting the gift may take the accumulated wisdom of some trodden miles, but it also opens the welcome windows of joy Picture Quote #1

When shucked and released from its edges, the windowless subject stands alone as its own thing Picture Quote #1

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Learning to focus and pay attention, if only for a short time, has been identified as a primary key to the development of human effectiveness (Robert Genn Quotes) Sometimes you can be lucky enough to establish a working relationship with another artist who takes away the loneliness, particularly in travel and outdoor work (Robert Genn Quotes) Take your brush here and there like a bee in an alpine meadow. In other words, don’t laboriously work on or try to finish off one particular part. Paint promiscuously (Robert Genn Quotes) We know the human mind is programmed to glaze over when bored. Conversely, the mind is more alert in the presence of novelty. Our muse needs to stay seductive to keep our hands doing the right things (Robert Genn Quotes) 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 (Robert Genn Quotes) Certain music is terrifically inspirational and it is possible, months or even years afterwards, to look at a painting and remember the music that was playing during its execution (Robert Genn Quotes) While knowledge of tools and the love of motif may be in your backpack, and all mountains may be measured by their previous heroes, art must exist for you in a place beyond the judgment of others (Robert Genn Quotes) While obsessive behavior may be an antisocial plague to societies and communities at large, it’s total moxie when lone practitioners catch it (Robert Genn Quotes) I suppose what you’re doing as a painter is making a record of your trip through life. I can’t think of any job that is quite as satisfactory as doing a painting (Robert Genn Quotes) No one would have the courage to walk up to a writer and ask to look at the last few pages of his manuscript, but they feel perfectly comfortable staring over an artist’s shoulder while he is trying to paint (Robert Genn Quotes) 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 (Robert Genn Quotes) No one is going to hand you an organizational chart. You have to hand it to yourself (Robert Genn Quotes) 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 (Robert Genn Quotes) In life and art it’s better to be an enthusiastic amateur than a jaded professional (Robert Genn Quotes) Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art instructs in beauty as well as ugliness, fantasy as well as common sense. Art levels souls and baffles brains. Art softens pain because it is pain. Art gives joy because it is joy (Robert Genn Quotes) We are trying to evoke and reinforce meanings from the spaces we cover and the times we’re given. Short or long this becomes our purpose. What we artists do is important stuff (Robert Genn Quotes) Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you’re looking for (Robert Genn Quotes) Perhaps we might, within the anatomy of our imaginations, think once more of the naked body as a vessel of grace, taste and wonder. In the spotted history of art, stranger things have happened (Robert Genn Quotes) This evening, while signing my name on a painting, I was thinking I might stop signing my cheques (Robert Genn Quotes) Art thrives on a difference of opinion. My treasure is your junk, sort of thing. Life would be dull if we all agreed (Robert Genn Quotes) In life and art we need to make sure that we honour that which our hearts and brains tell us is good. And we should cast a philosophic yet curious smile at that which our hearts and brains tell us otherwise (Robert Genn Quotes) When I’m in the studio I often hunger for the road. And when away I long for the efficiency of the studio (Robert Genn Quotes) 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 (Robert Genn Quotes) By thinking you are cleverer and more talented than your buddies, many a career has been blotted (Robert Genn Quotes) Do not be frivolous with the gift of a day. Right now it’s all you have. Yesterday is history (Robert Genn Quotes) In the companionship of art we are all of a time. Early or late we are to be shared (Robert Genn Quotes) Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work (Robert Genn Quotes) Landscape painting tends to fall under more academic controls. I must say I often like working within these controls. It gives me the feeling that I’m taking part in a noble tradition (Robert Genn Quotes) Accepting the gift may take the accumulated wisdom of some trodden miles, but it also opens the welcome windows of joy (Robert Genn Quotes) When shucked and released from its edges, the windowless subject stands alone as its own thing (Robert Genn Quotes)

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