163 Quotes by Robert Genn

One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.

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.

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

When I’m in the studio I often hunger for the road. And when away I long for the efficiency of the studio.

We artists stick ourselves out. This in itself deserves respect.

The only bad studio is the unused one.

Start with the foreground. Compositions fail when the foreground is treated as an afterthought.

An opening and a receptiveness to design and pattern for its own sake seems to free the painting hand.

For all of us, self-briefing before going out or starting a project sharpens artistic wit.