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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.
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
Artists
Freedom
Artist
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Without the eye, the head is blind. Without the head, the eye is adrift.
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