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When art writing seems incomprehensible, chances are it is.
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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Good art looks new because the artist has recombined something old to make something better.
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Good art has everything you need to know about it in the work, not on a wall label. Art is here to take us beyond language.
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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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Art flows more easily when you are not thinking about what 'should' be in it or how it 'should' be done. The Impressionists taught us to look and see, not assume.
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A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.
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When making a painting, only one thing counts: what you do next.
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When you 'break all the barriers' you get a pile of rubble.
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A critic without a good eye is a eunuch in a harem.
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There is no regional art. The only region left is the art magazine.
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Assumptions are usually presumptuous but often correct.
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Art that wants to be felt does not have the need to be admired.
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The art consensus is not criteria, it is convenience.
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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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Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination.
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You don't have to be a cave man to appreciate Lascaux.
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When you have made a good painting, don't do another like it, but remember the process, what you did, what you were thinking and feeling.
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Dogmatism spreads its roots in the fertile soil of uncertainty.
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