Incompetence, in my books, is the failure of the critical faculties to interfere constructively with the natural flow. Robert Genn More Quotes by Robert Genn More Quotes From Robert Genn Starving artist' is acceptable at age 20, suspect at age 40, and problematical at age 60. Robert Genn survival artist age When you serve your passions, proficiency gradually takes over and becomes habitual. Robert Genn proficiency habitual passion Flat, uninteresting parts of paintings are, in fact, a ruse to get the viewer to see what needs to be seen. Robert Genn deception facts needs An opening and a receptiveness to design and pattern for its own sake seems to free the painting hand. Robert Genn design sake hands I do know, for most of us, the very best of times are when you're in your own space sweating, trying to squeeze quality out of imperfect capabilities. Robert Genn space struggle trying Art is a course in personal development that has no reliable diploma and no known end. The pursuit of art instructs in beauty as well as ugliness, fantasy as well as common sense. Art levels souls and baffles brains. Art softens pain because it is pain. Art gives joy because it is joy. Robert Genn common-sense pain art When shucked and released from its edges, the windowless subject stands alone as its own thing. Robert Genn stand-alone subjects edges 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 and do. Small steps can be greater than great leaps. Robert Genn greatness roots thinking While Mojo suggests any art that invokes supernatural powers, for us creators Mojovation means finding magic in what we do. Robert Genn magic mean art 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. Robert Genn nice powerful love Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity. Robert Genn mediocrity battle artist Life is a passage through a museum of beauty. Robert Genn passages life-is museums One of the ways to learn is to know when you're making failures. Robert Genn knows way knowledge Well considered abandonment is a trusted teacher. Robert Genn abandonment disappointment teacher Artist, gain knowledge, but know that the greatest guru of all is the guru within. Robert Genn gains artist knowledge With materialization in play you have magic in your fingers and you become the wizard. Robert Genn wizards magic play True muses stay dreams forever unless artists connect them to exploratory work. Robert Genn artist dream forever 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. Robert Genn keys artist heart 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. Robert Genn here-and-there bees trying Canned reference is practically always loaded with problems. Photos, for example, contrive to kill imagination and stifle the natural development of creative patterns. While "ready-mades" do show up from time to time, they are rare. Art need not be what is seen-but what is to be seen. "Nature," said James McNeill Whistler, "is usually wrong." Robert Genn creative imagination art
