If they had
lived in another time--
MR. WENTWORTH
A master would always be a master. There's no change possible in the
vision of the soul.
SILVIA
You see, Mr. Wentworth, what I have learned these last two years from
living among artists is that the painter with an original vision is always
opposed by the schools. That is, at first. But when he wins out, then the
schools merely take over his technic and use it as a club to put down the
next creator. And so it goes.
MR. WENTWORTH
Naturally, the great artist suffers hardship. But if we once admit there
are no _laws_, where are we? Anarchy!
JOE
The laws are contained in the impulses themselves. They come _with_ the
vision, not before it! If any one thinks this modern art is just an easy
way of painting--
SILVIA
Indeed it isn't! Joe works much harder than the students who go to the
schools. Of course, he doesn't paint by the clock.
MR. WENTWORTH
But the Louvre! All those beautiful pictures, those priceless treasures!
What about the Louvre?
JOE
The Louvre? It's a _museum_.
MR. WENTWORTH
What do you mean by "it's a _museum_"?
JOE
I mean that it's the place to put pictures in when they are dead.
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