An Art Book Is A Museum Without

If Modern Painters Feel Qualms About Applying The Term "masterpiece" To Describe A Work Of Capital Importance, This Is Because It Has Come To Convey A Notion Of Perfection: A Notion That Leads To Much Confusion When Applied To Artists Other Than Those Who Made Perfection Their Ideal.

In Ceasing To Subordinate Creative Power To Any Supreme Value, Modern Art Has Brought Home To Us The Presence Of That Creative Power Throughout The Whole History Of Art.

The Artist Is Not The Transcriber Of The World, He Is Its Rival.

To Love A Painting Is To Feel That This Presence Is ... Not An Object But A Voice.

Some Pictures Are In The Gallery Because They Belong To Humanity And Others Because They Belong To The United States.