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Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character.
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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Most art is just surface noise.
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A critic without a good eye is a eunuch in a harem.
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Purplish brown? Let's agree it / is a color so bad we all flee it / it has no good use / so let's name it Puce / from the sound we make when we see it.
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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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A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.
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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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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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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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Live to paint, don't paint to live.
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Art is not truth. Truth conforms to reality. Art invents reality.
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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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The art consensus is not criteria, it is convenience.
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Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.
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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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Experience is real. Painting, which comes out of experience, is real. The world is an illusion.
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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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Assumptions are usually presumptuous but often correct.
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You don't have to be a cave man to appreciate Lascaux.
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When art writing seems incomprehensible, chances are it is.
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When you 'break all the barriers' you get a pile of rubble.
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