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Ken Danby, CM OOnt (6 March 1940 – 23 September 2007) was a Canadian painter in the realist style. Danby is best known for creating highly realistic paintings that study everyday life. His 1972 painting At the Crease, portraying a masked hockey goalie defending his net, is widely recognized and reproduced in Canada.

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Today, we're encouraged to believe that we should have a verbal interpretation for what we view as art - when in fact the words are an intrusion on the experience.

Art, Believe, Encouraged, Verbal, Views

Regardless of the importance of known evidence to the contrary, the arts are generally regarded as being so much entertaining fluff, a commodity that isn't a priority in the traditional program of learning. This is unacceptable in a so-called 'enlightened' society.

Art, Commodity, Learning, Priorities, Regarded, Unacceptable

I must have the personal dialogue, the private time, with each painting in progress. I can't share it with anyone until it's done.

Done, Painting, Progress, Share, Solitude

Emulation and imitation can legitimately influence one's development, but ultimately the artist must find his own path - and be true to himself.

Artist, Development, Legitimately, Path, True

Don't cater to the audience. Inspire the audience.

Audience, Cater, Inspire

Creative expression and visual comprehension are really the handmaidens of art. One cannot thrive without the other.

Art, Comprehension, Creative, Expression, Handmaidens

Desire is everything, not talent. It's the degree of one's desire that will dictate the extent of one's success, in any endeavour.

Degrees, Desire, Dictate, Everything, Talent

Art is a necessity, an essential part of our enlightenment process.

Art, Enlightenment, Essential, Essentials, Part, Process

We do not see with our eyes, but through them.

Awe, Eye, Eyes, See, Vision

The human condition is not served by our technical ability to transmit a televised image around the world - if that image is totally inane.

Human, Human Condition, Technology, Totally, World

Art is completely subjective. It's up to the viewer to judge whether or not it has merit.

Art, Completely, Judging, Merit, Subjective

Understand who you are and who you want to be, and thereby learn how you may best relate to others.

May, Relate, Thereby, Understand, Understanding, Want

In painting, detail for the sake of itself is useless. It must have relevance to the whole.

Details, Painting, Sake, Useless, Whole

Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the arts.

Art, Arts, Enlightenment, Essentials, Part

Whenever I'm asked to identify my best work, or my favorite, my answer has always been the same - 'My next one!'

Answers, Conformity, Identify, Next, Same, Work

As an artist, my concern is toward the synthesizing of all the visual elements at my disposal - at the exclusion of none.

Artist, Concern, Disposal, Elements, Vision

The role of the artist is like that of an explorer and a teacher - a teacher of seeing. No one is more capable of conveying this enlightenment than the artist.

Artist, Enlightenment, Role, Teacher, Teaching