Quote

When you make the obvious mysterious, then the mysterious becomes unavailable.

Walter Darby Bannard

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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
Mysterious
Obvious
Becomes
Make
Unavailable

More quotes by Walter Darby Bannard

Image
Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
It matters little if something is 'craft' or 'art.' The question is only this: does it give me pleasure?
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Art is there for nourishment, not explication.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Don't explain, enjoy.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
When anyone can produce dreck or publish gibberish, and not only get away with it but be celebrated for it, the discipline is no longer a discipline, and it will get no respect.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
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.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Without the eye, the head is blind. Without the head, the eye is adrift.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
You don't have to be a cave man to appreciate Lascaux.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Art that wants to be felt does not have the need to be admired.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
There is no best way to make art, but there are a lot of better ways.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
When anything goes, everything goes.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
The power of art is not in communication but effect what it does, not what it relates.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
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
Image
When realistic images or patterns are seen in an abstract painting, they are often parallels brought about by processes in painting which echo processes in nature.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
The first duty of intelligence is to recognize the obvious.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Stale artifacts of the past' are always 'active components of the present moment' when they are experienced in the present moment.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Whether something is called art is beside the point. What counts is what happens when you ask it to actually be art.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
We must turn away from work that replaces experience and pleasure with explanation.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
The art consensus is not criteria, it is convenience.
Walter Darby Bannard