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Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.
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
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When inspiration dies, imitation thrives.
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Postmodernism does not facilitate better art. It rationalizes inferior art by wrapping it in words - a suit of armor with nobody inside.
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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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Art is not truth. Truth conforms to reality. Art invents reality.
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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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Art is making something better without knowing what better is until you make it.
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Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.
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Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.
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When good ideas get put to bad use, it is the fault of the user, not the idea.
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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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Making art is like swimming underwater in a blindfold.
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Good new art may not look like art. Inspiration doesn't follow style, it creates it.
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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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Limitation of means is a precondition of excellence. Creative freedom chooses its limitations. Destructive freedom rejects them heedlessly.
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A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.
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