Robert Genn Quotes - Page 4

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• Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.

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  Artist, Battle, Mediocrity

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• Whatever you do, don't let your system run you.

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  Running, House Of Leaves

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• I'm a believer in moderation in all things, including moderation.

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  Moderation, Believer, All Things

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• Artists cannot be micro-managed. We can take heart that everything we do is different from the last thing we did - or indeed everything that's ever been done. That knowledge is the key to sound mentoring.

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  Heart, Artist, Keys

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• 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 off one particular part. Paint promiscuously.

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  Trying, Bees, Here And There

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• While Mojo suggests any art that invokes supernatural powers, for us creators Mojovation means finding magic in what we do.

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  Art, Mean, Magic

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• 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. Influence is like Scotch; it's good to know your personal limit.

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  Art, Self, Scotch

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• By stealthily teaching dependence, photography can turn out to be dangerous.

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  Photography, Teaching, Danger

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• In painting you cover up your sins and everyone thinks you're naturally talented.

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  Thinking, Cover Ups, Painting

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• Dogs are angels sent from heaven in order to help us to be better people.

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  Dog, Angel, Order

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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 generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery rather that obvious description. Like a good poem, a good abstraction attacks your feelings before your understanding. Abstraction within realism adds zest and excitement to otherwise dull subject matter. Abstract understanding takes time and patience.

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  Art, Mean, Zest

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• More than any other colour, red is loaded for action.

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  Red, Action, Colour

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• Art is a path on which we honour our world.

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  Art, Our World, Path

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• As we grow older, we realize just how limiting were our earlier conceptions. Art is something else. Art is fluid, transmutable, open-ended, never complete, and never perfect. Art is an event.

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  Art, Perfect, Events

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• Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to use theirs.

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  Art, Jobs, People

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• I always thought signing was an artist's honour and guarantee of authenticity.

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  Artist, Guarantees, Authenticity

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• Critics are the products of their own times and biases and what they have to say about works of art is as transient and insubstantial as fashion.

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  Fashion, Art, Critics

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• The oceans of art are awash with people who can't paint. When those who can't paint notice those who can, they are sometimes not inclined to accept them as serious like themselves. It's an unfortunate quirk of human nature and ought not to be fretted over.

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  Art, Ocean, Acceptance

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• Artists... do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors.

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  Artist, Ideas, Demand

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• As self-governing entities, artists have a profound interest in change. Embracing change, we embrace growth and we embrace our future.

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  Change, Artist, Self

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• As well as many subspecies, the main blocks are fear of failure after previous success, fear of success due to a sense of unworthiness, lack of potential venue, jaded attitude, crisis of confidence, evidence of persistent poor quality, lackadaisical motivation, and common everyday shortage of ideas.

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  Motivation, Attitude, Block

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• 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 most of it come out the end of your brush.

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  People, Ego, Needs

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• In acrylic, happiness comes a bit faster.

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  Faster, Bits

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• We are not born focusing. It's an acquired skill that requires initial effort and constant upgrading.

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  Skills, Focus, Effort

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• 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.

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  Two, Essentials, Canvas

  Robert Genn (1996). “The Painter's Keys: A Seminar with Robert Genn”, p.20, Studio Beckett Publications

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