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There are too many artists, too many dealers and too much art.
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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Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice.
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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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There is no regional art. The only region left is the art magazine.
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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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Good art looks new because the artist has recombined something old to make something better.
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When art writing seems incomprehensible, chances are it is.
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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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To an art historian a Giotto is a 14th Century painting. To an artist it was painted yesterday. We free ourselves from the past when we see it freshly.
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Very few people ever understand art. If you are lucky, they will buy it for the wrong reasons.
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