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Art that wants to be felt does not have the need to be admired.
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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Many years ago, Clement Greenberg said, 'All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.' This should be updated now to 'All profoundly ugly work looks original at first.
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It matters little if something is 'craft' or 'art.' The question is only this: does it give me pleasure?
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Part of history is facts. The other part is what we find easier to believe.
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Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.
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To an art historian a Giotto is a 14th Century painting. To an artist it was painted yesterday. We free ourselves from the past when we see it freshly.
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Art is not truth. Truth conforms to reality. Art invents reality.
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Most art is just surface noise.
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Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice.
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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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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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There is no regional art. The only region left is the art magazine.
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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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When art writing seems incomprehensible, chances are it is.
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When anything can be art, art is not much of anything.
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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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Conceptual art' is an oxymoron. Concepts are articulations of fact or supposition, not attributes of quality.
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Art is making something better without knowing what better is until you make it.
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Most 'profound truths' are just timely ideas.
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Originality is way overrated. To make, you need to take. All great artists do.
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Power is like money. Some know how to get it few know how to use it.
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