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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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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Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.
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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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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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Don't burden art with words and ideas. Art comes from a deeper place.
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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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Talent is like a seed which needs fertile soil. There is no less talent now, there is less fertile soil to nourish it.
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Art flows more easily when you are not thinking about what 'should' be in it or how it 'should' be done. The Impressionists taught us to look and see, not assume.
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Art is not 'about.' Art is.
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Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best.
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Big minds have big ideas. Small minds use big ideas to justify bad ideas.
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Writing about art is only useful when it leads to the experience of art.
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Good art looks new because the artist has recombined something old to make something better.
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Science is a matter of adjusting language to explain material reality. Art is a matter of adjusting material reality to create a sense of life.
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The more freedom artists have to do what they want to do, the more they do what other artists are doing.
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