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When good ideas get put to bad use, it is the fault of the user, not the idea.
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
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W. Darby Bannard
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Purplish brown? Let's agree it / is a color so bad we all flee it / it has no good use / so let's name it Puce / from the sound we make when we see 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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The art consensus is not criteria, it is convenience.
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