92 Quotes by Walter Darby Bannard

We must turn away from work that replaces experience and pleasure with explanation.

Originality is way overrated. To make, you need to take. All great artists do.

Don’t explain, enjoy.

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

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

Art is like a butterfly fluttering in a meadow. Analysis of art is like a butterfly on a pin. Each has its value, but we must always be aware of the difference, and what is gained or lost.

Art flows more easily when you are not thinking about what ‘should’ be in it or how it ‘should’ be done. The Impressionists taught us to look and see, not assume.

If we see an object as a bowl, it may inhibit seeing it as craft, just as seeing it as craft might inhibit seeing it as art. See first; name later.

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