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In art there is no absolute good or bad, but it is absolute that there is good and bad.
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
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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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Art makes you reinvent the wheel with regularity. If you don't, art gets bored and slips away.
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Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice.
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Don't explain, enjoy.
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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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Art flows more easily when you are not thinking about what 'should' be in it or how it 'should' be done. The Impressionists taught us to look and see, not assume.
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Talent is like a seed which needs fertile soil. There is no less talent now, there is less fertile soil to nourish it.
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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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In ART as in Life the Best Way to REMEDY mistakes is to take advantage of them.
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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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Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best.
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