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When inspiration dies, imitation thrives.

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
Thrive
Inspiration
Dies
Thrives
Imitation

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Art may be for the privileged few but they have earned the privilege and deny it to no one.
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Art rides in on pleasure.
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Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination.
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We learn to lie by believing words rather than experience.
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There is no best way to make art, but there are a lot of better ways.
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Many years ago, Clement Greenberg said, 'All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.' This should be updated now to 'All profoundly ugly work looks original at first.
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Originality is way overrated. To make, you need to take. All great artists do.
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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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Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.
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Most art is just surface noise.
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Don't burden art with words and ideas. Art comes from a deeper place.
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What is sublime? / the artist said. / I haven't time / to be well read. / To be sub lime / I'll place, instead, / green citrus fruit / upon my head.
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Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character.
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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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