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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.
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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When you write something new about science, other scientists may not like it but they pay attention because it is subject to proof. When you write something new about art, it is subject only to the reader's discomfort, and will probably be rejected.
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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.
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What is sublime? / the artist said. / I haven't time / to be well read. / To be sub lime / I'll place, instead, / green citrus fruit / upon my head.
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Art makes you reinvent the wheel with regularity. If you don't, art gets bored and slips away.
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Power is like money. Some know how to get it few know how to use it.
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You don't have to be a cave man to appreciate Lascaux.
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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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Limitation of means is a precondition of excellence. Creative freedom chooses its limitations. Destructive freedom rejects them heedlessly.
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Don't burden art with words and ideas. Art comes from a deeper place.
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