Art and Tradition

The Mother finds the pictures of X hideous and monstrous, she would not dignify them with the name of art. But it is not because they depart from tradition. The Mother does not believe in tradition―she considers that Art should always develop new forms―but still these must be according to a truth of Beauty which is universal and eternal―something of the Divine. As for your picture, she finds it expressive. She felt at once what it meant―so the criticism of Y does not stand.

8-12-1933