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Writing about art is only useful when it leads to the experience of art.
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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When you 'break all the barriers' you get a pile of rubble.
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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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When art writing seems incomprehensible, chances are it is.
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Don't explain, enjoy.
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Always let intuitive perception precede analysis.
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Art that wants to be felt does not have the need to be admired.
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When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend.
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When anything can be art, art is not much of anything.
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In ART as in Life the Best Way to REMEDY mistakes is to take advantage of them.
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Without the eye, the head is blind. Without the head, the eye is adrift.
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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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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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Most art is just surface noise.
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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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