“True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success; the glorious inequality of talent, of genius; for inequality, not mediocrity, individual superiority, not standardization is the measure of the progress of 

Harry Lieberman, "True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success; the glorious inequality of talent, of genius; for inequality, not mediocrity, individual superiority, not standardization is the measure of the progress of the world."--Felix E. Schelling, "Pedagogically Speaking," 1929. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1965, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.178
Copied Harry Lieberman, "True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success; the glorious inequality of talent, of genius; for inequality, not mediocrity, individual superiority, not standardization is the measure of the progress of , 1965, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 1⁄8 in. (61.1 x 76.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.178

Artwork Details

Title
“True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success; the glorious inequality of talent, of genius; for inequality, not mediocrity, individual superiority, not standardization is the measure of the progress of the world.” – Felix E. Schelling, ​“Pedagogically Speaking,” 1929. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Artist
Date
1965
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
24 x 30 1⁄8 in. (61.1 x 76.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture — education
  • Cityscape — town
  • Religion — Judaism
  • Allegory — arts and sciences — education
  • Figure group — male
Object Number
1984.124.178
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.178