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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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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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We must turn away from work that replaces experience and pleasure with explanation.
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Anything is OK in art if the art turns out OK.
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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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One needs to be right before getting righteous.
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Big minds have big ideas. Small minds use big ideas to justify bad ideas.
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Trying to be original is futile. If you have no place to go, stay home and cook.
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When art writing seems incomprehensible, chances are it is.
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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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If art depended on content, then one painting of an apple would be as good as the next one.
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The first duty of intelligence is to recognize the obvious.
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When realistic images or patterns are seen in an abstract painting, they are often parallels brought about by processes in painting which echo processes in nature.
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Art makes you reinvent the wheel with regularity. If you don't, art gets bored and slips away.
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Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination.
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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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It matters little if something is 'craft' or 'art.' The question is only this: does it give me pleasure?
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Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.
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Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice.
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Without the eye, the head is blind. Without the head, the eye is adrift.
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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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