“Today, surrounded by the dated detritus of subsequent federal patronage, ridiculed by the cultural establishment as a fossil, built by an architect whose era had passed, funded by a besieged capitalist, filled with treasures confiscated by Communists and bequeathed to the American people in one of the most generous acts of democratic beneficence, the National Gallery remains a masterpiece–a timeless work of art that has never failed to inspire and move the millions of visitors who pass through its luminous space.”