Inspiration comes from doing. Robert Genn More Quotes by Robert Genn More Quotes From Robert Genn In life and art it's better to be an enthusiastic amateur than a jaded professional. Robert Genn enthusiastic profession art The area between the nose and the chin, the subject of kissing and the vehicle for speech, is perhaps even more known and set upon than the eyes. The mouth is also riddled with a complex interweaving of folds, curves, flats and lost-and-found edges. These nuances are needed by a perceptive person who might try to understand human nature. Robert Genn curves kissing eye No one would have the courage to walk up to a writer and ask to look at the last few pages of his manuscript, but they feel perfectly comfortable staring over an artist's shoulder while he is trying to paint. Robert Genn artist trying looks Do something others will have the desire to plagiarize but will find difficult to do. Robert Genn plagiarism difficult desire There is no progress without product. Robert Genn progress products I suppose what you're doing as a painter is making a record of your trip through life. I can't think of any job that is quite as satisfactory as doing a painting. Robert Genn records jobs thinking It's okay to doubt. It's important to test. The way to discover secrets is to be a student of your own efforts. Robert Genn effort secret doubt Words are small straitjackets when put around creative flourishes and maneuverings. Robert Genn creative Artspeak is an arcane writing style that can result in a vocabulary of obscurities... Today, some of the more spectacular examples are in artist's statements. Robert Genn vocabulary artist writing We artists allow others to see through our windows. Robert Genn artist window Accepting the gift may take the accumulated wisdom of some trodden miles, but it also opens the welcome windows of joy. Robert Genn welcome may joy Your easel is the nuclear sun of an uncommon universe. Robert Genn uncommon nuclear sun For a lot of us drawing is a tyranny which impedes freshness and spontaneity. Robert Genn drawing spontaneity tyranny Sometimes... we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares? Robert Genn who-cares competition suffering Many of us knuckle-dragging brush-painters think that 'behind the times' is part of our job description. Why deny ourselves the authentic journey of a time-honoured form? Robert Genn journey jobs thinking The head governs, the heart assists, the body acts. Robert Genn body work heart A painting has an intrinsic value which has nothing to do with critical assessments. Robert Genn intrinsic-value assessment painting It's my wish that I can help creative people think of new ways to be creative - to get more joy and understanding from their own unique processes. Robert Genn unique writing thinking You're right, super-realism is back in style. Robert Genn realism style So who are we going to blame for our disappointments and our failures? Robert Genn blame disappointment
