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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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Of course I will look at anything, but I have not got the time or the patience to keep on looking at art that I know could be better. I don't want art that needs fixing, I want art that sends me back to the studio to fix my own.
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Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.
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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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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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Postmodernism does not facilitate better art. It rationalizes inferior art by wrapping it in words - a suit of armor with nobody inside.
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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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If we see an object as a bowl, it may inhibit seeing it as craft, just as seeing it as craft might inhibit seeing it as art. See first name later.
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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 you have made a good painting, don't do another like it, but remember the process, what you did, what you were thinking and feeling.
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Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.
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When making a painting, only one thing counts: what you do next.
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There is no regional art. The only region left is the art magazine.
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Art is not truth. Truth conforms to reality. Art invents reality.
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Stale artifacts of the past' are always 'active components of the present moment' when they are experienced in the present moment.
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The power of art is not in communication but effect what it does, not what it relates.
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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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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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If art depended on content, then one painting of an apple would be as good as the next one.
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Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.
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