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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
Inspiration
Dies
Thrives
Imitation
Thrive

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Big minds have big ideas. Small minds use big ideas to justify bad ideas.
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Postmodernism does not facilitate better art. It rationalizes inferior art by wrapping it in words - a suit of armor with nobody inside.
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Art is not truth. Truth conforms to reality. Art invents reality.
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Postmodernism lives in the academy, where words abandon reality to serve ambition, and reputations rise on hot air.
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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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When anything goes, everything goes.
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Very few people ever understand art. If you are lucky, they will buy it for the wrong reasons.
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When you write something new about science, other scientists may not like it but they pay attention because it is subject to proof. When you write something new about art, it is subject only to the reader's discomfort, and will probably be rejected.
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Live to paint, don't paint to live.
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Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.
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Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.
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There's a big difference between grabbing attention and rewarding attention.
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Art flows more easily when you are not thinking about what 'should' be in it or how it 'should' be done. The Impressionists taught us to look and see, not assume.
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If you learn something too well, it will get in the way of your perception of reality.
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Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best.
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