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Walter Darby Bannard
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: October 2
Painter
Printmaker
New Haven
Connecticut
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Don't apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it.
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Great art does not break with the past. It breaks with the present by emulating the best of the past.
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Good art looks new because the artist has recombined something old to make something better.
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One needs to be right before getting righteous.
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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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Most art is just surface noise.
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Art rides in on pleasure.
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