Contemporary Quote by Robert Genn Download Open image “Most of my contemporary grant-getters are now doing something other than painting.” — Robert Genn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Contemporary Grants Money Painting
I am a lifelong career artist, which itself is a bit of a miracle. It's really challenging to be a career artist. I would… — Kimberly Peirce Copy Share Image
I haven't many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving something worthwhile… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
In government they learned their lesson. They don't trust artists anymore. Now the money has to go through arts organizations. But, yeah, back then… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
I don't advise any one to take it [painting] up as a business proposition, unless they really have talent... But I will say that… — Grandma Moses Copy Share Image
When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh. — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
It is a matter mostly of having the time to spare from my finished paintings to put in on travelling and sketching out of… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
My father is a well known artist, Ted Dyer, who has been painting for many years. Our work is very different, but growing up… — John Dyer Copy Share Image
The more blessings or resources you have at your disposal, the more I become aware of... how should I steward this? It's supposed to… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
I wouldn't be here if it were not for the grant system that paid for me to go to art school - because my… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
I make paintings, try to get others to look at them and hopefully buy them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Amazingly, my first project at Granta was the Sex issue. Given my own proclivity for the nuances of hedonistic and sexual exploration, partly through art, it was a perfect way to start. I love to interrogate through image - or pose questions through a subversion of said image - and we came up with a visual that caused quite a… — Michael Salu Copy Share
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
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
Our bodies, apart from their brilliant role as drawing exercises, are the temples of our being. Like the bodies of all fauna, they deserve… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in Hong Kong.… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.” — Carla H Krueger Copy Share Image
What really concerns me is for Christians to understand the fundamentals of evangelism in a way that is helpful in the contemporary scene. — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
“And for God's sake, don't let her watch Cinderella. What kind of example is that? A mindless twit who can't even remember where she… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and secondary school students. On… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
“No." I pulled away just enough to lock my eyes with his. His crooked smile sent shivers down my spine. His eyes were a deep blue darkening more as the minutes passing between us were getting hotter. "I will be the one using you, and you'll love every second, every breath, every stroke and every fucking inch of me," he… — Stephanie Witter Copy Share
One of those blocks (that prevent the 'Middle East from entering the mainstream of modernity') is the orthodox tenet that the Koran and the… — Arnold Beichman Copy Share Image
The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It's unbelievable. The film critics don't know my artwork and the art world doesn't… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
I'm educating myself more about world poetry. I know a lot about contemporary American poetry, so I felt I needed to learn more about… — Allison Joseph Copy Share Image
We have created indoor installations inside museums, like the Wrapped Floor at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 1968, and not monumental… — Christo Copy Share Image
Going back to the noir fiction of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It's very contemporary. — Jeff Goldblum Copy Share Image
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