"Most of my contemporary grant-getters are now doing……" — Robert Genn
"Most of my contemporary grant-getters are now doing something other than painting."
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171 Quotes by Robert Genn
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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.
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When you sit down to paint or draw, you form yourself into a posture of praise
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Our bodies, apart from their brilliant role as drawing exercises, are the temples of our being. Like the bodies of…
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Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.
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The thing about art is that life is in no danger of being meaningless,
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Abstract understanding doesn't mean arbitrary sloshing and messing. Abstract art is controlled visual magic based on laws and methodology. Abstraction…
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Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be…
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A drawing a day keeps the cobwebs away.
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When you serve your passions, proficiency gradually takes over and becomes habitual.
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More than any other colour, red is loaded for action.
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Art is a path on which we honour our world.
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In painting you cover up your sins and everyone thinks you're naturally talented.
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The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
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