Art Quote by Walter Darby Bannard

“It matters little if something is 'craft' or 'art.' The question is only this: does it give me pleasure?”

Walter Darby Bannard

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The more freedom artists have to do what they want to do, the more they do what other artists are doing.

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There are too many artists, too many dealers and too much art.

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Start a painting with fresh ideas, and then let the painting replace your ideas with its ideas.

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The struggle to be original hates conformity, but the struggle to be better disregards it, or takes advantage of it to build workable conventions.

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There is no best way to make art, but there are a lot of better ways.

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Of course I will look at anything, but I have not got the time or the patience to keep on looking at art that…

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Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice.

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Talent is like a seed which needs fertile soil. There is no less talent now, there is less fertile soil to nourish it.

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Live to paint, don't paint to live.

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Good new art may not look like art. Inspiration doesn't follow style, it creates it.

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There is no regional art. The only region left is the art magazine.

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There's a big difference between grabbing attention and rewarding attention.

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