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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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Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades.
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Power is like money. Some know how to get it few know how to use it.
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Postmodernism lives in the academy, where words abandon reality to serve ambition, and reputations rise on hot air.
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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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