V. Pepi, Cold Spring Harbor Studio- February, 1985

523, 1950. Watercolor. 16 x 20 x 1 inches

"We are now liberated as artists- Man continues in his futile aspirations for things which never will be. Art only continues forever- for it is pact and parcel of what we all are. The
dynamic forces that make up our existence... they will always be. Art is nourished on these forces. Art deviates when it is dictated by the political manipulations of man. The recognition of the artist in his own time, is a very haphazard affair. When the artist becomes involved in this concern, paradoxically he dilutes his own interests. The true artist if he is interested in art in its purest form, will have to relinquish the idea of being understood. If his art is sublime it will transcend these aspirations of recognition".