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Purplish brown? Let's agree it / is a color so bad we all flee it / it has no good use / so let's name it Puce / from the sound we make when we see it.
Walter Darby Bannard
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Walter Darby Bannard
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: October 2
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New Haven
Connecticut
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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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Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.
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Don't explain, enjoy.
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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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Of course I will look at anything, but I have not got the time or the patience to keep on looking at art that I know could be better. I don't want art that needs fixing, I want art that sends me back to the studio to fix my own.
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You don't have to be a cave man to appreciate Lascaux.
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We must turn away from work that replaces experience and pleasure with explanation.
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