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Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.
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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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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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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When anything goes, everything goes.
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Anything is OK in art if the art turns out OK.
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Originality is way overrated. To make, you need to take. All great artists do.
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Many years ago, Clement Greenberg said, 'All profoundly original work looks ugly at first.' This should be updated now to 'All profoundly ugly work looks original at first.
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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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Don't burden art with words and ideas. Art comes from a deeper place.
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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.
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There's a big difference between grabbing attention and rewarding attention.
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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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A critic without a good eye is a eunuch in a harem.
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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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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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Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice.
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Art that wants to be felt does not have the need to be admired.
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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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The first duty of intelligence is to recognize the obvious.
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You don't have to be a cave man to appreciate Lascaux.
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