Aobwrsswc the annual conference ofthe Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors at Oxford, Sir Charles Allom, 72-year-old architect and art expert said: "I feel that when the Royal Academy of Arts, once standing so high, has let down art in the shameful way it has during the last 15 years, especially, one has a right to object, 1 feel that modern artists have murdered beauty, and architects must be among those who must endeavour to restore the quality and taste of the people."
Judging from some of the architectural expressions which have soiled our eyesight, we suggest that the above merely another example of the pot commenting upon the cherry-coloured complexion of the kettle.
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