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Conceptual art' is an oxymoron. Concepts are articulations of fact or supposition, not attributes of quality.
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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What is sublime? / the artist said. / I haven't time / to be well read. / To be sub lime / I'll place, instead, / green citrus fruit / upon my head.
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Stale artifacts of the past' are always 'active components of the present moment' when they are experienced in the present moment.
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Art is like a butterfly fluttering in a meadow. Analysis of art is like a butterfly on a pin. Each has its value, but we must always be aware of the difference, and what is gained or lost.
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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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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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The power of art is not in communication but effect what it does, not what it relates.
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Power is like money. Some know how to get it few know how to use it.
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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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Art is not truth. Truth conforms to reality. Art invents reality.
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