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The art consensus is not criteria, it is convenience.
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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Big minds have big ideas. Small minds use big ideas to justify bad ideas.
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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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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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