Quotes from Robert Genn

An early flourish of confidence is useful. Then there's the small crudities - the slubs and bumps that come with outdoor work - the odd charm of imprecision.

A simple equation for the production of successful art work is lots of reference material plus lots of art supplies equals lots of painting happiness.

As you do your work, you discover what you love to do.

Waiting for inspiration is for amateurs; professionals get to work.

Our bodies, apart from their brilliant role as drawing exercises, are the temples of our being. Like the bodies of all fauna, they deserve both our study and our appreciation.

The problem with University degrees, particularly the more spectacular ones, is that people who possess them can fall into the trap of thinking people who don't have them don't know anything.

The brilliance of art as a collectible is that it has a way of reaching out on an emotional level. It touches on mystery, even spirituality.

Incompetence, in my books, is the failure of the critical faculties to interfere constructively with the natural flow.