Art may be for the privileged few but they have earned the privilege and deny it to no one. Walter Darby Bannard More Quotes by Walter Darby Bannard More Quotes From Walter Darby Bannard Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination. Walter Darby Bannard conventions release imagination When good ideas get put to bad use, it is the fault of the user, not the idea. Walter Darby Bannard faults use ideas When you make the obvious mysterious, then the mysterious becomes unavailable. Walter Darby Bannard obvious mysterious Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words. Walter Darby Bannard hope trying art Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character. Walter Darby Bannard freedom character art Part of history is facts. The other part is what we find easier to believe. Walter Darby Bannard believe history facts Most art is just surface noise. Walter Darby Bannard criticism noise art The more freedom artists have to do what they want to do, the more they do what other artists are doing. Walter Darby Bannard freedom artist want Great art does not break with the past. It breaks with the present by emulating the best of the past. Walter Darby Bannard greatness past art Dogmatism spreads its roots in the fertile soil of uncertainty. Walter Darby Bannard soil roots religion When making a painting, only one thing counts: what you do next. Walter Darby Bannard one-thing painting next Postmodernism does not help us understand good art. It encourages art that can be easily understood and throws in something catchy to cover the loss of mystery. Walter Darby Bannard understanding loss art Art rides in on pleasure. Walter Darby Bannard pleasure art Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial. Walter Darby Bannard denial truth people The power of art is not in communication but effect; what it does, not what it relates. Walter Darby Bannard communication power art There's a big difference between grabbing attention and rewarding attention. Walter Darby Bannard recognition differences attention Always let intuitive perception precede analysis. Walter Darby Bannard intuitive analysis perception
