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The power of art is not in communication but effect what it does, not what it relates.
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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W. Darby Bannard
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If art depended on content, then one painting of an apple would be as good as the next one.
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Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character.
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Trying to be original is futile. If you have no place to go, stay home and cook.
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Don't burden art with words and ideas. Art comes from a deeper place.
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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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In ART as in Life the Best Way to REMEDY mistakes is to take advantage of them.
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When inspiration dies, imitation thrives.
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Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination.
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Of course I will look at anything, but I have not got the time or the patience to keep on looking at art that I know could be better. I don't want art that needs fixing, I want art that sends me back to the studio to fix my own.
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Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.
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Without the eye, the head is blind. Without the head, the eye is adrift.
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Anything is OK in art if the art turns out OK.
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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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Don't explain, enjoy.
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An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.
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Art is making something better without knowing what better is until you make it.
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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.
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The more freedom artists have to do what they want to do, the more they do what other artists are doing.
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