Robert Genn Quotes - Page 3

Passion is the force that springs an artist from the needling cushion of depression.

Evolved creators are just as curious about their failures as they are of their successes.

Properly channeled, common feelings of inadequacy lead to powers of accomplishment.

Many a fine style has evolved from a decent handicap.

To float like a cloud you have to go to the trouble of becoming one.

An abstract title suggests another value to the subject, perhaps an artistic quality that sets the viewers' sensitivities into action.

No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.

Abstraction generally involves implication, suggestion and mystery, rather than obvious description.

Artists should be aware that petty stroking could be the source of arrested productivity. An artist's job includes the avoidance of premature closure by the begged or gratuitous approval of others.

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 going to be the masterpiece I thought it would be, and I start putting my hopes into the next work.

While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone.

Art thrives on a difference of opinion. My treasure is your junk, sort of thing. Life would be dull if we all agreed.

Previously unseen boo-boos come at you like tattoos on a teenage girl.

In life and art we need to make sure that we honour that which our hearts and brains tell us is good. And we should cast a philosophic yet curious smile at that which our hearts and brains tell us otherwise.

A list of your own making is the most powerful list of all... The good stuff can be 'love at first sight' - in need of study, courting and claiming. And like a love note, it's nice to have things in writing.

Sometimes you can be lucky enough to establish a working relationship with another artist who takes away the loneliness, particularly in travel and outdoor work.

While knowledge of tools and the love of motif may be in your backpack, and all mountains may be measured by their previous heroes, art must exist for you in a place beyond the judgment of others.

The artist needs to sit patiently at the feet of Nature in all Her moods and nuances and silently develop the skills to honour Her. There are no recipes for Autumn.

Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within.

Silent guns have virtue.

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.

The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions such as Dentistry, Medicine, or among members of the Airline Pilot's Association.

True muses stay dreams forever unless artists connect them to exploratory work.

This evening, while signing my name on a painting, I was thinking I might stop signing my cheques.

Visual tonics such as 'timed creativity' need to be introduced to refresh and refurbish the muse.