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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
Walter Bannard
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Art
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Assumptions are usually presumptuous but often correct.
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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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There is no regional art. The only region left is the art magazine.
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If you learn something too well, it will get in the way of your perception of reality.
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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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Postmodernism is silly and joyless at the same time.
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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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Power is like money. Some know how to get it few know how to use it.
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One needs to be right before getting righteous.
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Don't explain, enjoy.
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Art is not 'about.' Art is.
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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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Many years ago, Clement Greenberg said, 'All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.' This should be updated now to 'All profoundly ugly work looks original at first.
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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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The first duty of intelligence is to recognize the obvious.
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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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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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Art may be for the privileged few but they have earned the privilege and deny it to no one.
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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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In art there is no absolute good or bad, but it is absolute that there is good and bad.
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