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Famous Walter Darby Bannard Quotes
“The power of art is not in communication but effect; what it does, not what it relates.”
“Power is like money. Some know how to get it; few know how to use it.”
“Art may be for the privileged few but they have earned the privilege and deny it to no one.”
“A clear idea about the nature of quality in art will always result in inferior art tailored to it.”
“Art is not truth. Truth conforms to reality. Art invents reality.”
“There is no regional art. The only region left is the art magazine.”
“There's a big difference between grabbing attention and rewarding attention.”
“Dogmatism spreads its roots in the fertile soil of uncertainty.”
“Good art looks new because the artist has recombined something old to make something better.”
“The first duty of intelligence is to recognize the obvious.”
“When you 'break all the barriers' you get a pile of rubble.”
“Art that wants to be felt does not have the need to be admired.”
“An ivory tower is a fine place as long as the door is open.”
“In art there is no absolute good or bad, but it is absolute that there is good and bad.”
“Good new art may not look like art. Inspiration doesn't follow style, it creates it.”
“If art depended on content, then one painting of an apple would be as good as the next one.”
“We learn to lie by believing words rather than experience.”
“Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.”
“Don't burden art with words and ideas. Art comes from a deeper place.”
“When art writing seems incomprehensible, chances are it is.”
“Writing about art is only useful when it leads to the experience of art.”
“Without the eye, the head is blind. Without the head, the eye is adrift.”
“In ART as in Life the Best Way to REMEDY mistakes is to take advantage of them.”