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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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Art is like a butterfly fluttering in a meadow. Analysis of art is like a butterfly on a pin. Each has its value, but we must always be aware of the difference, and what is gained or lost.
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A critic without a good eye is a eunuch in a harem.
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Art rides in on pleasure.
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Art is not truth. Truth conforms to reality. Art invents reality.
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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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Don't apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it.
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Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice.
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When anyone can produce dreck or publish gibberish, and not only get away with it but be celebrated for it, the discipline is no longer a discipline, and it will get no respect.
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