‘Souza is a child of this century – warts and all – but his head will just not bow. No
wonder his figures look straight at you, unabashedly. No side glances or shifty looks
for them. This same life attitude braces us, here in India, where only a few call a
spade a spade. A manliness of manner being in very short supply. This is a quality for
which one may well be penalized under a morality that abets in deviousness’
– Edwin Mullins , in the catalogue Francis Newton Souza: selected works from
1950 -1999, London, Kumar Gallery 1962
‘Souza is a child of this century – warts and all – but his head will just not bow. No
wonder his figures look straight at you, unabashedly. No side glances or shifty looks
for them. This same life attitude braces us, here in India, where only a few call a
spade a spade. A manliness of manner being in very short supply. This is a quality for
which one may well be penalized under a morality that abets in deviousness’