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...important force in modern painting now. But he is still an incredibly important figure because of what he's been. He's not just a great painter. He's one of the towering figures of this century and all times. He goes along with Velásquez and Rubens." Demands Sir Roland Penrose: "What do people expect of a modern painter? Whenever painting of the image is considered, Picasso is of vital importance. His influence is not as strong as it was 20 years ago. But times and influences change. His will swing back...
...prodigious improvisation that, by one of the paradoxes that infest his life, he cannot focus it in any significant way. Picasso's reign over his images is such that no resistances are left-and that is his problem. Most of Picasso's variations on Velásquez's Las Meninas, Manet...
...does in the Essay "Who Needs Masterpieces at Those Prices?" [July 19], that "in America today, nobody needs another Titian -not at those prices." America does need masterpieces, and the high cost is created not by the "rapacity" of museums but by the extreme rarity of these masterpieces (the Velázquez and the Titian are probably the last great masterpieces ever to go on sale) and by inflation...
...Metropolitan Museum, in purchasing the Velázquez, was simply performing one of the principal functions of a museum, acquiring a great work of art. The painting was purchased with funds restricted solely to art purchases; we could not have used the money otherwise...
...This plan, unfortunately, did not succeed. I hope that in the future closer cooperation among museums will reverse the trend toward ever-increasing prices for works of art. In the meantime, I like to think that most Americans feel a sense of joy and enrichment in having this great Velázquez come to this country and realize that its price tag will eventually disappear...