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No high-minded painter of the last fifty years has been able to come to terms with his art without coming to terms with the problem of cubism.
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
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Start a painting with fresh ideas, and then let the painting replace your ideas with its ideas.
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Without the eye, the head is blind. Without the head, the eye is adrift.
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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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It matters little if something is 'craft' or 'art.' The question is only this: does it give me pleasure?
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