IT MAY BE THAT NO OTHER AGE HAS OFFERED GREATER
AND MORE VARIED CHALLENGE TO THE ARTIST THAN THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY. BY THE SAME TOKEN, NONE HAS REQUIRED
GREATER RESPONSIBILITY AND MORE VARIED COMPETENCE. NOT
ONLY IS THE OLD BEING REDESIGNED AND THE NEW GIVEN FORM
BUT LIKEWISE BOTH ARE UNDERGOING A CONTINUAL PROCESS
OF EVALUATION AND CORRELATION. THE TASKS OF THE ARTIST
RUN THE GAMUT FROM BOOK ILLUSTRATION TO THE REPLAN-
NING OF CITIES. RESPONSIBILITY KEEPS PACE WITH OPPORTUNITY. AS SURELY AS OPPORTUNITIES ARE COMPOUNDED IN AN
AGE OF RAPID CHANGE AND TURN-OVER, OF ADJUSTMENT AND
INVENTIVENESS, BASIC PRINCIPLES AND DISCIPLINES PERSIST;
THEY MUST BE SUBMITTED TO AND MASTERED.
ART EDUCATION ENTAILS SPECIALIZED DISCIPLINES.
HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS WITH MAN AS A HUMAN
BEING, AS WELL AS A POTENTIAL ARTIST, THAT WE ARE DEALING;
THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS PRIMARILY A MATTER OF VALUES
AND JUDGMENT, AND SECONDARILY, ONE OF METHODS AND
PRACTICES; THAT, WHILE IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A PERSON TO BE
EDUCATED AND TRAINED SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE PROCESSES
FOLLOWED ARE NOT IDENTICAL.
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