Science is a matter of adjusting language to explain material reality. Art is a matter of adjusting material reality to create a sense of life. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share Image
The more freedom artists have to do what they want to do, the more they do what other artists are doing. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
Start a painting with fresh ideas, and then let the painting replace your ideas with its ideas. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
The struggle to be original hates conformity, but the struggle to be better disregards it, or takes advantage of it to build workable conventions. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
There is no best way to make art, but there are a lot of better ways. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
Of course I will look at anything, but I have not got the time or the patience to keep on looking at art that… — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
Talent is like a seed which needs fertile soil. There is no less talent now, there is less fertile soil to nourish it. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
Good new art may not look like art. Inspiration doesn't follow style, it creates it. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
There is no regional art. The only region left is the art magazine. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
There's a big difference between grabbing attention and rewarding attention. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
Part of history is facts. The other part is what we find easier to believe. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
When good ideas get put to bad use, it is the fault of the user, not the idea. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
The power of art is not in communication but effect; what it does, not what it relates. — Walter Darby Bannard Copy Share
