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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
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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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Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.
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It matters little if something is 'craft' or 'art.' The question is only this: does it give me pleasure?
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An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.
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Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character.
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Art rides in on pleasure.
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Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.
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Live to paint, don't paint to live.
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Anything is OK in art if the art turns out OK.
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Art may be for the privileged few but they have earned the privilege and deny it to no one.
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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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When you 'break all the barriers' you get a pile of rubble.
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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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