Good art looks new because the artist has recombined something old to make something better. Walter Darby Bannard More Quotes by Walter Darby Bannard More Quotes From Walter Darby Bannard Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice. Walter Darby Bannard constructive too-much choices You don't have to be a cave man to appreciate Lascaux. Walter Darby Bannard appreciate appreciation men In ART as in Life the Best Way to REMEDY mistakes is to take advantage of them. Walter Darby Bannard mistake way art When realistic images or patterns are seen in an abstract painting, they are often parallels brought about by processes in painting which echo processes in nature. Walter Darby Bannard abstract-painting patterns echoes Don't apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it. Walter Darby Bannard writing advice art Art is making something better without knowing what better is until you make it. Walter Darby Bannard something-better knowing art There are too many artists, too many dealers and too much art. Walter Darby Bannard too-much artist art Start a painting with fresh ideas, and then let the painting replace your ideas with its ideas. Walter Darby Bannard fresh-ideas painting ideas One needs to be right before getting righteous. Walter Darby Bannard righteous belief needs Without the eye, the head is blind. Without the head, the eye is adrift. Walter Darby Bannard adrift vision eye We must turn away from work that replaces experience and pleasure with explanation. Walter Darby Bannard explanation pleasure experience Asking art to express ideas is like asking a Sumo wrestler to play charades. Walter Darby Bannard expression play art When imitation goes over big, it isn't imitation, it is a trend. Walter Darby Bannard imitation trends fashion There is no best way to make art, but there are a lot of better ways. Walter Darby Bannard methodology way art When you have made a good painting, don't do another like it, but remember the process, what you did, what you were thinking and feeling. Walter Darby Bannard feelings remember thinking Craft' gets a bad rap. Mediocre art is not caused by craft; it is caused by artists. Good art employs whatever craft works best. Walter Darby Bannard mediocrity rap art To an art historian a Giotto is a 14th Century painting. To an artist it was painted yesterday. We free ourselves from the past when we see it freshly. Walter Darby Bannard yesterday past art Experience is real. Painting, which comes out of experience, is real. The world is an illusion. Walter Darby Bannard painting real world Good art has everything you need to know about it in the work, not on a wall label. Art is here to take us beyond language. Walter Darby Bannard wall labels art Don't explain, enjoy. Walter Darby Bannard enjoy joy
