essay, first appeared in The Atlantic Monthly (November, 1945)
The Simple Art of Murder (1950)
“Traditions that were once vital, sincere and splendid and which are now merely empty formulae, [nor to imitate fifth rate western art slavishly] break away from both and produce something vital, connected with the soil, something essentially Indian.”
Amrita to her contemporary painters.
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