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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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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
Artist
Artists
Freedom

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One needs to be right before getting righteous.
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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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Part of history is facts. The other part is what we find easier to believe.
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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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