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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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Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.
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Most art is just surface noise.
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When anything can be art, art is not much of anything.
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There's a big difference between grabbing attention and rewarding attention.
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Art is like a butterfly fluttering in a meadow. Analysis of art is like a butterfly on a pin. Each has its value, but we must always be aware of the difference, and what is gained or lost.
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Of course I will look at anything, but I have not got the time or the patience to keep on looking at art that I know could be better. I don't want art that needs fixing, I want art that sends me back to the studio to fix my own.
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Art is not truth. Truth conforms to reality. Art invents reality.
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One needs to be right before getting righteous.
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When making a painting, only one thing counts: what you do next.
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A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.
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Trying to be original is futile. If you have no place to go, stay home and cook.
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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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When art writing seems incomprehensible, chances are it is.
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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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Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.
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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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Don't burden art with words and ideas. Art comes from a deeper place.
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There is no regional art. The only region left is the art magazine.
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When anyone can produce dreck or publish gibberish, and not only get away with it but be celebrated for it, the discipline is no longer a discipline, and it will get no respect.
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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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