"The Proud Heart" is essentially the story of an American sculptor, Susanna Gaylord, a complete woman and a conscious artistic soul, that only a Pearl Buck could conceive its deeper meaning and set it up like a marble statue, working herself as the heroine with the instinct of her fingers. It is the psychological conflict of a woman who sees that she has a lot to give and no one is willing to accept it, and a man who sees that she is not meant for his woman. It is also - in her second marriage - the conflict of love, which Susanna experiences for the first time with her artistic longing, when she realizes that this love is an obstacle to her creation."