Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.


From a speech given at the Royal Academy of Art in 1953; quoted in Time magazine (1954-05-11).


Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.