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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
Art
Nourishment
Satisfaction

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Art is making something better without knowing what better is until you make it.
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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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Live to paint, don't paint to live.
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Don't explain, enjoy.
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