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When you have made a good painting, don't do another like it, but remember the process, what you did, what you were thinking and feeling.
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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