👩‍🚀 A beautiful rejection

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In a letter dated 1956, the MOMA notified Andy Warhol that its collections committee had decided to turn down the drawing Shoe.

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Dear Mr. Warhol,

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Last week our Committee on the Museum collections held its first meeting of the fall season and had a chance to study your drawing entitled "Shoe" which you so generously offered as a gift to the Museum.

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I regret that I must report to you that the Committe decided, after careful consideration, that they ought not to accept it for our Collection.

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Let me explain that because of our severly limited galery and storage space we must turn down many gifts offered, since we feel it is not fair to accept as a gift a work which may be shown only infrequently.

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Nevertheless, the Committee has asked me to pass on to you their thanks for your genereous expression of interest in our Collection.

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Sincerely,

Alfred M. Barr, Jr.

Director of the Museum Collections

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P.S. The drawing may be picked up from the Museum at your convenience.

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Today, the MOMA owns more than 100 of Warhol’s pieces, including Gold Marilyn and Campbell’s Soup Cans, both created in 1962.

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It’s a beautiful letter because it teaches us not to avoid rejection.

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You can overcome the fear of rejection by constantly exposing yourself to it.

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Things will take longer, but better opportunities will open up to you.

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This month, drop the fear of rejection and notice a different flow in your life.

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After a month, tell me about it.

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