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Good art looks new because the artist has recombined something old to make something better.
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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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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Anything is OK in art if the art turns out OK.
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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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Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.
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Good new art may not look like art. Inspiration doesn't follow style, it creates it.
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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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Making art is like swimming underwater in a blindfold.
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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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Stale artifacts of the past' are always 'active components of the present moment' when they are experienced in the present moment.
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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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When you 'break all the barriers' you get a pile of rubble.
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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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Big minds have big ideas. Small minds use big ideas to justify bad ideas.
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Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice.
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