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belief and aims through culture.

That is the thought that has just run through my mind, and now, finally, the letter of criticism which I wrote to the Museum of Modern Art is more or less as follows:

"The Museum was founded on progressive ideals, and it has done fine pioneering work in the early part of its fifteen-year history, but erudite art, from which it chose direction, is already exhausted, and the Museum has become something in the nature of an intellectual playground. I think the Museum attention should be directed away from the decadent formulae it has unfortunately adopted, and the air should be cleared of the painfully conscious pseudo-pre[[crossed out]]s[[/crossed out]]cious attitude that has developed. There should be more fine arts of all kinds, and fewer gadgets.

"The Museum's emphasis on the minor arts, the decorations, can only mean one thing, that the stream of creative energy has dried up, and the resultant dilettantism and academism can express itself only in trifles. But I do not believe that this is true of our time. The art of America has barely begun to develop. It has resources as yet undreamed of.

"The business of a museum of modern art is not to continue to foster old forms, but to encourage and instigate the development of new forms by underlining vigorous and progressive trends and broader, deeper, more significant representation.

Yours sincerely,

"P.S. I would like to suggest that the Museum consider artist cooperation in some capacity, because their voices would be of value to the Museum."