Robert Genn Quotes

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• Art, because it's so easy to do, and yet so difficult to do well, encourages humility in the human soul.
• When you sit down to paint or draw, you form yourself into a posture of praise
• Our bodies, apart from their brilliant role as drawing exercises, are the temples of our being. Like the bodies of all fauna, they deserve both…
• Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.
• The thing about art is that life is in no danger of being meaningless,
• 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…
• Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.
• A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.
• When you serve your passions, proficiency gradually takes over and becomes habitual.
• More than any other colour, red is loaded for action.
• Art is a path on which we honour our world.
• In painting you cover up your sins and everyone thinks you're naturally talented.
• While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone.
• The only bad studio is the unused one.
• I always thought signing was an artist's honour and guarantee of authenticity.
• It is necessary to put yourself out for rejection, and accept that you will be rejected.
• 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…
• Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to use theirs.
• Dogs are angels sent from heaven in order to help us to be better people.
• The job of art is to turn time into things.

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