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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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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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In art there is no absolute good or bad, but it is absolute that there is good and bad.
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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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If we see an object as a bowl, it may inhibit seeing it as craft, just as seeing it as craft might inhibit seeing it as art. See first name later.
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Postmodernism is Modernism with Alzheimer's.
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Trying to be original is futile. If you have no place to go, stay home and cook.
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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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A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.
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Whether something is called art is beside the point. What counts is what happens when you ask it to actually be art.
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A critic without a good eye is a eunuch in a harem.
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An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.
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The art consensus is not criteria, it is convenience.
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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 not 'about.' Art is.
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Art is there for nourishment, not explication.
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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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When you make the obvious mysterious, then the mysterious becomes unavailable.
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