Robert Genn

We artists allow others to see through our windows.

— Robert Genn

I always thought signing was an artist's honour and guarantee of authenticity.

— Robert Genn

Keep busy while you are waiting for something to happen.

— Robert Genn

A painting has an intrinsic value which has nothing to do with critical assessments.

— Robert Genn

Do something others will have the desire to plagiarize but will find difficult to do.

— Robert Genn

Seems those with money who don't worry about money have big walls.

— Robert Genn

Dealer goodwill and friendship are keys to thrival.

— Robert Genn

No one is going to hand you an organizational chart. You have to hand it to yourself.

— Robert Genn

A simple equation for the production of successful art work is lots of reference material plus lots of art supplies equals lots…

— Robert Genn

An abstract title suggests another value to the subject, perhaps an artistic quality that sets the viewers' sensitivities into action.

— Robert Genn

As we grow older, we realize just how limiting were our earlier conceptions. Art is something else. Art is fluid, transmutable, open-ended,…

— Robert Genn

By thinking you are cleverer and more talented than your buddies, many a career has been blotted.

— Robert Genn

Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a…

— Robert Genn

I suppose what you're doing as a painter is making a record of your trip through life. I can't think of any…

— Robert Genn

It's my wish that I can help creative people think of new ways to be creative - to get more joy and…

— Robert Genn

The overly-verbal artist is led by his understanding of things--rather than by direct observation of things as they are.

— Robert Genn

The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance…

— Robert Genn

While knowledge of tools and the love of motif may be in your backpack, and all mountains may be measured by their…

— Robert Genn

As well as many subspecies, the main blocks are fear of failure after previous success, fear of success due to a sense…

— Robert Genn

In life and art we need to make sure that we honour that which our hearts and brains tell us is good.…

— Robert Genn

Carl Orff's Carmina Burana has the ability to take you from placidity to power in one sonic breath. It is music of…

— Robert Genn

The most expensive bottle of wine ever sold - a 1787 Chateau Lafite Bordeaux, supposedly once the property of Thomas Jefferson... It…

— Robert Genn

Art is a path on which we honour our world. Art may not be the only path, but it is a good…

— Robert Genn

Canned reference is practically always loaded with problems. Photos, for example, contrive to kill imagination and stifle the natural development of creative…

— Robert Genn

When you serve your passions, proficiency gradually takes over and becomes habitual.

— Robert Genn

It's better to have a small diamond than a large piece of glass.

— Robert Genn

For a lot of us drawing is a tyranny which impedes freshness and spontaneity.

— Robert Genn

More than any other colour, red is loaded for action.

— Robert Genn

Do not be frivolous with the gift of a day. Right now it's all you have. Yesterday is history.

— Robert Genn

Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.

— Robert Genn

A curiosity prompt heightens the senses and hones compositional ability...

— Robert Genn

Passion is the force that springs an artist from the needling cushion of depression.

— Robert Genn

In life and art it's better to be an enthusiastic amateur than a jaded professional.

— Robert Genn

I'm a believer in moderation in all things, including moderation.

— Robert Genn

Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within.

— Robert Genn

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

— Robert Genn

We artists stick ourselves out. This in itself deserves respect.

— Robert Genn

So who are we going to blame for our disappointments and our failures?

— Robert Genn

It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected.

— Robert Genn

Your easel is the nuclear sun of an uncommon universe.

— Robert Genn