68-04 "You are already a great artist. You don't want to become a great artist to satisfy the senses of the public. If your present paintings are not acceptable to the general public, I do not mind; they are fools. You continue trying your best to make your pictures as far as they can be nice looking, but not to satisfy the senses of the rascal public. Yesterday, I have been in a Unitarian church and there I saw two pictures of only logs and bamboos, and I was explained by our great artist Govinda dasi that these are modern abstract arts. Anyway, I couldn't see in them nothing but combination of logs and bamboos. There was nothing to impel my Krsna consciousness.

So, if you want to be a great artist in that way, I will pray that Krsna may save you. Anyway, if the public doesn't buy, we don't mind. Why are you anxious for selling? We shall distribute them to devotees without any price. If our things have no market in the sense gratification society that does not mean we are going to change our principles. We are meant for satisfying Krsna, not anybody's senses. That should be the principle of our life. In this connection I may remark that you have sent one picture of Narada Muni which I understand was copied from some so-called great artist, but Narada Muni's body appears to be very sensuous. He was a first-class brahmacari. He cannot have such a sensuous body. So you will do well not to work from the so-called well-known artists. But you should follow exactly the descriptions of the scriptures. The picture of Narada Muni which you painted in New York in my presence was very nice and good looking, but this picture here doesn't appeal to me. Better not to worry about this sort of technique and style. Anyway, whenever I come there to New York, we can discuss all this as you suggested." (SPL to Jadurani, 8th April, 1968)