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In ART as in Life the Best Way to REMEDY mistakes is to take advantage of them.
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
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Science is a matter of adjusting language to explain material reality. Art is a matter of adjusting material reality to create a sense of life.
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Trying to be original is futile. If you have no place to go, stay home and cook.
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The more freedom artists have to do what they want to do, the more they do what other artists are doing.
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Whether something is called art is beside the point. What counts is what happens when you ask it to actually be art.
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