All Robert Genn Quotes
- An opening and a receptiveness to design and pattern for its own sake seems to free the painting hand. Design
- Well considered abandonment is a trusted teacher. Abandonment
- I find that as I get into a painting I have high hopes, then little by little I begin to see that it is not… Begin
- Drawing is still the bottom line. Bottom
- We artists give daily thanks for the miracle of our planet and for the inclination and the capability to honour it. Artist
- A young person wanting to become an artist might simply go purposefully and dedicatedly to his or her room with a few books and a… Artist
- The problem with University degrees, particularly the more spectacular ones, is that people who possess them can fall into the trap of thinking people who… Degrees
- To float like a cloud you have to go to the trouble of becoming one. Becoming
- Regarding ego force, we don't always like people who have it. If you have it, and need to be liked, you ought to consider letting… Always Like
- A method of achieving wild enthusiasm is to act wildly enthusiastic. Often, a growing and beautiful love-affair develops quite automatically. Achieve
- I've come to realize that companionship and mild competition can help build quality and lay the ground for excellence. Build
- Where there are few expectations, expediency wins. Expectations
- The centipede has rhythm and flow in its hundred legs precisely because it does not have to think about it. Consider this the next time… Art
- We are not born focusing. It's an acquired skill that requires initial effort and constant upgrading. Acquired
- 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 convention. Abstract
- Novelty is vital to the stimulation of life... New neural paths are sparked by caving in to notions. Caving
- Paintings, like tombstones, will last a good five hundred years, well into twenty or thirty generations. Five
- The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance for this mystery.… All
- Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle… Blow
- Inspiration comes from doing. From
- I required a destination that was worthy of many visits. Destination
- 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. Attention
- The short-goal habit is key to larger success and is at the root of human greatness. Life is think and do, think and do, think… Goal
- Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within. All
- One of the ways to learn is to know when you're making failures. Failures