Lord Clark replies: "This high-minded theory is contrary to experience... .No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling.
克拉克認為這個高尚的理論恰與人類經驗相反，觀賞裸體絕不同於凝視陶器，因此他說：「裸像不論多麼抽象，都應該激起觀眾些微的肉欲，否則的話，它就是惡劣的藝術、偽道德。」