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Art is not 'about.' Art is.

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
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The power of art is not in communication but effect what it does, not what it relates.
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The art consensus is not criteria, it is convenience.
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Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.
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In ART as in Life the Best Way to REMEDY mistakes is to take advantage of them.
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Assumptions are usually presumptuous but often correct.
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Originality is way overrated. To make, you need to take. All great artists do.
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Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.
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If you learn something too well, it will get in the way of your perception of reality.
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Art is not truth. Truth conforms to reality. Art invents reality.
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Anything is OK in art if the art turns out OK.
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Great art does not break with the past. It breaks with the present by emulating the best of the past.
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When anyone can produce dreck or publish gibberish, and not only get away with it but be celebrated for it, the discipline is no longer a discipline, and it will get no respect.
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Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character.
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We must turn away from work that replaces experience and pleasure with explanation.
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Power is like money. Some know how to get it few know how to use it.
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