The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
According to Mednick, after sleep, people are 33 percent more likely to be creative. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Priests are often well-meaning people who haven't yet looked too thoroughly into comparative religion. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
I have always found it a testament to the importance of painting that the first thing many people do when their home… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Dogs are angels sent from heaven in order to help us to be better people. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
It's my wish that I can help creative people think of new ways to be creative - to get more joy and… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Regarding ego force, we don't always like people who have it. If you have it, and need to be liked, you ought… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
The problem with University degrees, particularly the more spectacular ones, is that people who possess them can fall into the trap of… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
The oceans of art are awash with people who can't paint. When those who can't paint notice those who can, they are… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
We artists give daily thanks for the miracle of our planet and for the inclination and the capability to honour it. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Most of my contemporary grant-getters are now doing something other than painting. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art instructs in beauty as… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Great paintings have gradations, large and small... They serve to lift the subject off the two-dimensionality of the canvas. Gradations are an essential abstract… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
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… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
When shucked and released from its edges, the windowless subject stands alone as its own thing. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Mountains in all their moods are symbols of something greater, something worth aspiring to. Mountains are powerful, dangerous, beautiful, noble and mysterious. Mountains get… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image