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If you learn something too well, it will get in the way of your perception of reality.
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
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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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Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination.
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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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When you are painting a landscape, assume the painting is real and the landscape is an illusion.
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A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.
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Don't burden art with words and ideas. Art comes from a deeper place.
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Talent is like a seed which needs fertile soil. There is no less talent now, there is less fertile soil to nourish it.
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