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Show NEVER BOUND BY TRADITION True Follower of Art May Not Be Dl tsted To, and Wise Men Recognize Recog-nize the Fact There are various approaches to life; the way of religion, of action, ol commerce, of art No one of these can dictate the path of the other. Not only can religion not undertake to show the artist which way to turn, or art to tell commerce of the main chance, but the artist In one kind cannot dictate to the artist in another. anoth-er. Buonarroti could not add to the wistful grace of a Raphael Madonna, nor could the Urbtnlte teach Angelo aught of the damonlc strength or terriblllto; Angelo's marbles could not have fitted Into the smiling landscapes land-scapes or open sky spaces of Peru-glno. Peru-glno. Tbey belonged as they were set against rough, bare rocks, like tb Carrara quarries. A great man when he sees an art that surpasses comprehension, because It Is wide of tradition, puts bis finger to bis lips and keeps silence. The empty-beaded are the glib dictators of ready Judgments. Very many years go when Dr. William James saw for fbe first time a collection of futurist paintings In Paris be said: "I have never seen anything like this before! H Is strange and Inimical to me. Hut these are serious men. They would not waste their time. They must mean something, though I can't under stand." His utterance was that of th wise man. Hut the artist with a new thing tc ay or a new and faithful mode of tay Ing It must be of an Independence un thinkable! He must be able to Mvt alone gaily; to live on a crust and water; to take ooly such rewards at sre thrust at him, for M cannot afford , to seek. He must b rwllbate and drag no others Into his dilemma. Ant be must work for the joy of the work Ing. Harper's Weekly. |