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A critic without a good eye is a eunuch in a harem.
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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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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Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination.
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There's a big difference between grabbing attention and rewarding attention.
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When anyone can produce dreck or publish gibberish, and not only get away with it but be celebrated for it, the discipline is no longer a discipline, and it will get no respect.
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When art writing seems incomprehensible, chances are it is.
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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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When inspiration dies, imitation thrives.
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The first duty of intelligence is to recognize the obvious.
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Conceptual art' is an oxymoron. Concepts are articulations of fact or supposition, not attributes of quality.
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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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Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice.
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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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Postmodernism does not help us understand good art. It encourages art that can be easily understood and throws in something catchy to cover the loss of mystery.
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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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Big minds have big ideas. Small minds use big ideas to justify bad ideas.
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Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.
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Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.
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Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.
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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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If we see an object as a bowl, it may inhibit seeing it as craft, just as seeing it as craft might inhibit seeing it as art. See first name later.
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