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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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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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One needs to be right before getting righteous.
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Don't burden art with words and ideas. Art comes from a deeper place.
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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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Limitation of means is a precondition of excellence. Creative freedom chooses its limitations. Destructive freedom rejects them heedlessly.
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Power is like money. Some know how to get it few know how to use it.
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The struggle to be original hates conformity, but the struggle to be better disregards it, or takes advantage of it to build workable conventions.
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Art rides in on pleasure.
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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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