Robert Genn

Art is a path on which we honour our world.

— Robert Genn

There is no progress without product.

— Robert Genn

Fact is, perfection is boring.

— Robert Genn

In art, everyone who plays wins.

— Robert Genn

Silent guns have virtue.

— Robert Genn

In acrylic, happiness comes a bit faster.

— Robert Genn

Flowers are an education in a vase.

— Robert Genn

Drawing is still the bottom line.

— Robert Genn

Style essentially appeared out of what I liked to do.

— Robert Genn

I required a destination that was worthy of many visits.

— Robert Genn

In acrylics, what you lose on the straights you make up for on the corners.

— Robert Genn

God may work in light, but we mortals work in pigment.

— Robert Genn

People suspend judgment in the presence of mystery.

— Robert Genn

Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.

— Robert Genn

Factual titling satisfies and is pure by its lack of bamboozlement.

— Robert Genn

With repetition, the alternate approaches become clear, options open.

— Robert Genn

As self-governing entities, artists have a profound interest in change. Embracing change, we embrace growth and we embrace our future.

— Robert Genn

We are not born focusing. It's an acquired skill that requires initial effort and constant upgrading.

— Robert Genn

We are trying to evoke and reinforce meanings from the spaces we cover and the times we're given. Short or long this…

— Robert Genn

Artspeak is an arcane writing style that can result in a vocabulary of obscurities... Today, some of the more spectacular examples are…

— Robert Genn

A method of achieving wild enthusiasm is to act wildly enthusiastic. Often, a growing and beautiful love-affair develops quite automatically.

— Robert Genn

The guy may be totally motivated, connected and inspired, but if he doesn't know how to do it, he's not the guy…

— Robert Genn

While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused…

— Robert Genn

An opening and a receptiveness to design and pattern for its own sake seems to free the painting hand.

— Robert Genn

Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art instructs in…

— Robert Genn

Exploit a subject or a theme to its greatest potential by bringing all possible reference to bear - then put aside the…

— Robert Genn

The studio is an extension of the sandbox and the kindergarten playroom. It has a dynamic unlike any office or factory. It's…

— Robert Genn

Artists should be aware that petty stroking could be the source of arrested productivity. An artist's job includes the avoidance of premature…

— Robert Genn

Artists cannot be micro-managed. We can take heart that everything we do is different from the last thing we did - or…

— Robert Genn

I find that as I get into a painting I have high hopes, then little by little I begin to see that…

— Robert Genn

The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions…

— Robert Genn

Perhaps we might, within the anatomy of our imaginations, think once more of the naked body as a vessel of grace, taste…

— Robert Genn

Abstract understanding doesn't mean arbitrary sloshing and messing. Abstract art is controlled visual magic based on laws and methodology. Abstraction generally involves…

— Robert Genn

Which is better--feeling good or getting good?

— Robert Genn

Quality is always in style.

— Robert Genn

Life is a passage through a museum of beauty.

— Robert Genn

The only bad studio is the unused one.

— Robert Genn

You're right, super-realism is back in style.

— Robert Genn

Whatever you do, don't let your system run you.

— Robert Genn

The job of art is to turn time into things.

— Robert Genn