Quote

Art rides in on pleasure.

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
Rides
Pleasure
Art

More quotes by Walter Darby Bannard

Image
Science is a matter of adjusting language to explain material reality. Art is a matter of adjusting material reality to create a sense of life.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Good art has everything you need to know about it in the work, not on a wall label. Art is here to take us beyond language.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Trying to be original is futile. If you have no place to go, stay home and cook.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Making art is like swimming underwater in a blindfold.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Art is like a butterfly fluttering in a meadow. Analysis of art is like a butterfly on a pin. Each has its value, but we must always be aware of the difference, and what is gained or lost.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
The art consensus is not criteria, it is convenience.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Most 'profound truths' are just timely ideas.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Good art looks new because the artist has recombined something old to make something better.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Purplish brown? Let's agree it / is a color so bad we all flee it / it has no good use / so let's name it Puce / from the sound we make when we see it.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
We learn to lie by believing words rather than experience.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
When inspiration dies, imitation thrives.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Postmodernism does not facilitate better art. It rationalizes inferior art by wrapping it in words - a suit of armor with nobody inside.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Anything is OK in art if the art turns out OK.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Truth is not always hard to find it is often staring you in the face. The problem with truth is that it is hard to believe. It is even harder to get other people to believe.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
Art makes you reinvent the wheel with regularity. If you don't, art gets bored and slips away.
Walter Darby Bannard
Image
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.
Walter Darby Bannard