Art Quote by Walter Darby Bannard

“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.”

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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