Stale artifacts of the past' are always 'active components of the present moment' when they are experienced in the present moment. 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 conventionsreleaseimagination When good ideas get put to bad use, it is the fault of the user, not the idea. Walter Darby Bannard faultsuseideas When you make the obvious mysterious, then the mysterious becomes unavailable. Walter Darby Bannard obviousmysterious Nothing is as hopeless as trying to justify art in words. Walter Darby Bannard hopetryingart Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character. Walter Darby Bannard freedomcharacterart Part of history is facts. The other part is what we find easier to believe. Walter Darby Bannard believehistoryfacts Most art is just surface noise. Walter Darby Bannard criticismnoiseart The more freedom artists have to do what they want to do, the more they do what other artists are doing. Walter Darby Bannard freedomartistwant Great art does not break with the past. It breaks with the present by emulating the best of the past. Walter Darby Bannard greatnesspastart Dogmatism spreads its roots in the fertile soil of uncertainty. Walter Darby Bannard soilrootsreligion When making a painting, only one thing counts: what you do next. Walter Darby Bannard one-thingpaintingnext 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 understandinglossart Art rides in on pleasure. Walter Darby Bannard pleasureart Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial. Walter Darby Bannard denialtruthpeople The power of art is not in communication but effect; what it does, not what it relates. Walter Darby Bannard communicationpowerart There's a big difference between grabbing attention and rewarding attention. Walter Darby Bannard recognitiondifferencesattention Always let intuitive perception precede analysis. Walter Darby Bannard intuitiveanalysisperception
