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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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Complete
Freedom
Art
Character
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Live to paint, don't paint to live.
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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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Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice.
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An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.
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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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