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Good new art may not look like art. Inspiration doesn't follow style, it creates it.
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
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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 is not truth. Truth conforms to reality. Art invents reality.
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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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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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Trying to be original is futile. If you have no place to go, stay home and cook.
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