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Art is there for nourishment, not explication.
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
Nourishment
Satisfaction
Art
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When you write something new about science, other scientists may not like it but they pay attention because it is subject to proof. When you write something new about art, it is subject only to the reader's discomfort, and will probably be rejected.
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Art makes you reinvent the wheel with regularity. If you don't, art gets bored and slips away.
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Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words.
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Big minds have big ideas. Small minds use big ideas to justify bad ideas.
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The art consensus is not criteria, it is convenience.
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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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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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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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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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No high-minded painter of the last fifty years has been able to come to terms with his art without coming to terms with the problem of cubism.
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Originality is way overrated. To make, you need to take. All great artists do.
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Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice.
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Very few people ever understand art. If you are lucky, they will buy it for the wrong reasons.
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If art depended on content, then one painting of an apple would be as good as the next one.
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Power is like money. Some know how to get it few know how to use it.
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Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice.
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Art rides in on pleasure.
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Science is a matter of adjusting language to explain material reality. Art is a matter of adjusting material reality to create a sense of life.
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Don't burden art with words and ideas. Art comes from a deeper place.
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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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