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Art may be for the privileged few but they have earned the privilege and deny it to no one.
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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Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.
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A critic without a good eye is a eunuch in a harem.
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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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Art that wants to be felt does not have the need to be admired.
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When anything goes, everything goes.
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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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Anything is OK in art if the art turns out OK.
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Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character.
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