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You don't have to be a cave man to appreciate Lascaux.
Walter Darby Bannard
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Walter Darby Bannard
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: October 2
Painter
Printmaker
New Haven
Connecticut
Darby Bannard
W. Darby Bannard
Walter Bannard
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There is no best way to make art, but there are a lot of better ways.
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When you have made a good painting, don't do another like it, but remember the process, what you did, what you were thinking and feeling.
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Conceptual art' is an oxymoron. Concepts are articulations of fact or supposition, not attributes of quality.
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The first duty of intelligence is to recognize the obvious.
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Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best.
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When good ideas get put to bad use, it is the fault of the user, not the idea.
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A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.
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When anything can be art, art is not much of anything.
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Art rides in on pleasure.
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An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.
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Art makes you reinvent the wheel with regularity. If you don't, art gets bored and slips away.
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When you make the obvious mysterious, then the mysterious becomes unavailable.
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Stale artifacts of the past' are always 'active components of the present moment' when they are experienced in the present moment.
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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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Art is like a butterfly fluttering in a meadow. Analysis of art is like a butterfly on a pin. Each has its value, but we must always be aware of the difference, and what is gained or lost.
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Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.
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When you write something new about science, other scientists may not like it but they pay attention because it is subject to proof. When you write something new about art, it is subject only to the reader's discomfort, and will probably be rejected.
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Part of history is facts. The other part is what we find easier to believe.
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Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice.
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Dogmatism spreads its roots in the fertile soil of uncertainty.
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