"In short, the world's attitude toward the advanced artist has changed astonishingly. Of course he is still called (by the obtuse) madman, degenerate and (more absurdly) bolshevik but on the whole his position seems better than at any time since the French Revolution."

	Visitors to exhibition "American Painting and Sculpture: 1862-1932." October 31, 1932 through February 11, 1933. Photograph ©1999 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Museum staff. June 1937. Photograph ©1999 The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

"Now let us ask ourselves questions. Are we in America participants in this new attitude toward the modern artist?

And our museums, what have they done? Have they kept pace with the progressive spirit of our collectors and critics and the general public?

The answer to the last question is not simple."