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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
Darby Bannard
W. Darby Bannard
Walter Bannard
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What is sublime? / the artist said. / I haven't time / to be well read. / To be sub lime / I'll place, instead, / green citrus fruit / upon my head.
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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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Postmodernism does not help us understand good art. It encourages art that can be easily understood and throws in something catchy to cover the loss of mystery.
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Start a painting with fresh ideas, and then let the painting replace your ideas with its ideas.
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No high-minded painter of the last fifty years has been able to come to terms with his art without coming to terms with the problem of cubism.
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When making a painting, only one thing counts: what you do next.
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Most 'profound truths' are just timely ideas.
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Conceptual art' is an oxymoron. Concepts are articulations of fact or supposition, not attributes of quality.
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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.
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