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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 'break all the barriers' you get a pile of rubble.
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