Truth and Vision in
Contemporary Painting
Itispossiblethattheworldwouldbeabetterplaceifthereweremore
paintersinit.Thequalitieswhichapaintermustha\etoaccomplishsig-
nificantexpressionintimeslikethese—thesensiti\cnesstovalues,both
materialandspiritual,whicharcnotobviouslyexposedonthesurfaceof
things;theeagersearchfortheunderlyingorderwhichwefeelexists,in
spiteofpresentchaos;theendlesspatiencewhichisnecessarytoachievea
personalandasuccessfulkindofstatement;theunderstandingthatthere
arenewkindsoftruthandnewkindsofbeautywliichha\ethepossibility