Harry Truman, an old critic of what he calls "ham-&-egg" art, had new and harsher words to say about it. Wrote the President, in a letter to culture-mulcher Assistant Secretary of State William Benton:
"I don't pretend to be an artist or a judge of art, but I am of the opinion that so-called modern art is merely the vaporings of half-baked, lazy people. An artistic production is one which shows infinite ability for taking pains and if any of these so-called modern paintings show any such infinite ability, I am very much mistaken."
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