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Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination.
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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Don't apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it.
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