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We learn to lie by believing words rather than experience.
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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Art may be for the privileged few but they have earned the privilege and deny it to no one.
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The art consensus is not criteria, it is convenience.
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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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