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The first duty of intelligence is to recognize the obvious.
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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An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.
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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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Conceptual art' is an oxymoron. Concepts are articulations of fact or supposition, not attributes of quality.
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Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.
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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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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best.
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Art is making something better without knowing what better is until you make it.
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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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Start a painting with fresh ideas, and then let the painting replace your ideas with its ideas.
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Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.
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Originality is way overrated. To make, you need to take. All great artists do.
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When art writing seems incomprehensible, chances are it is.
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