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Art is not truth. Truth conforms to reality. Art invents reality.
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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Don't burden art with words and ideas. Art comes from a deeper place.
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Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.
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Postmodernism does not facilitate better art. It rationalizes inferior art by wrapping it in words - a suit of armor with nobody inside.
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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.
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There is no best way to make art, but there are a lot of better ways.
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Most 'profound truths' are just timely ideas.
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When good ideas get put to bad use, it is the fault of the user, not the idea.
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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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The power of art is not in communication but effect what it does, not what it relates.
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Part of history is facts. The other part is what we find easier to believe.
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Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice.
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Talent is like a seed which needs fertile soil. There is no less talent now, there is less fertile soil to nourish it.
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Good new art may not look like art. Inspiration doesn't follow style, it creates it.
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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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Live to paint, don't paint to live.
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There's a big difference between grabbing attention and rewarding attention.
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Art is making something better without knowing what better is until you make it.
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Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.
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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.
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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.
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