MR. ROCKEFELLER:		But really, Lowell, those extremely modern things are a part of modern art, though they’re only a part. Our purpose is to show the public the best that American and foreign artists are doing today.
MR. THOMAS:		And tomorrow you’ll show what artists will be doing tomorrow.
MR. ROCKEFELLER:		That’s it — the Museum of Modern Art represents the art of the past fifty years. A dynamic museum. There are plenty of splendid institutions that show the arts of the past — other ages than our own. The aim of our talented director, Alfred Barr, is to keep the Museum always up-to-date.
MR. THOMAS:		You mean — get people used to their own time, artistically speaking, I suppose. Make them acquainted with the present.
MR. ROCKEFELLER:		Surely — we can admire and love the past and enjoy it. But, we’re never really a part of the past."
		Excerpt from radio program, May 10, 1939