Letter to Andy Warhol

I got a Christmas gift based on an Andy Warhol painting. Included with the painting was a letter to Andy Warhol dated October 18, 1956 from the MOMA. I kept the letter and really value it. Great pick me up to stay focused, keep on keeping on, and be a persistent, passionate son-of-a-bitch:

Dear Mr. Warhol:
Last week our Committee on the Museum Collections held its first meeting of the fall season and had a chance to study your draming entitled Shoe which you so generously offered as a gift to the Museum.
I regret that I must report to you that the Committeee decided, after careful consideration, that they ought not to accept it for our Collection.
Let me explain that because of our severely limited gallery and storage space we must turn down many gifts offered, since we feel it is not fair to accept as a gift a work which may be shown only infrequently.
Nevertheless, the Committee has asked me to pass on to you their thanks for your generous expression of interest in our Collection.
Sincerely,
Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Director of the Museum Collections

Ahhhh....keep on being passionate, having a vision, and creating. Keep on keeping on.

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