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Assumptions are usually presumptuous but often correct.
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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We learn to lie by believing words rather than experience.
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Truth is not always hard to find it is often staring you in the face. The problem with truth is that it is hard to believe. It is even harder to get other people to believe.
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Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.
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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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Power is like money. Some know how to get it few know how to use it.
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Don't explain, enjoy.
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Don't apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it.
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Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.
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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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Live to paint, don't paint to live.
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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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Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.
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There are too many artists, too many dealers and too much art.
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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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When you 'break all the barriers' you get a pile of rubble.
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Art may be for the privileged few but they have earned the privilege and deny it to no one.
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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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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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A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.
Walter Darby Bannard
There is no best way to make art, but there are a lot of better ways.
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