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Big minds have big ideas. Small minds use big ideas to justify bad ideas.
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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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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When good ideas get put to bad use, it is the fault of the user, not the idea.
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Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.
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In ART as in Life the Best Way to REMEDY mistakes is to take advantage of them.
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Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice.
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The struggle to be original hates conformity, but the struggle to be better disregards it, or takes advantage of it to build workable conventions.
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