Quote#Art
Traditions that were once vital, sincere and splendid and which are…
Quote byAmrita Sher-Gil · 1913–1941
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sikh Heritage, Amrita Shergil, Amrita to her contemporary painters..
English (original)
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 Sher-Gil
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