With a limited palette, the older painters could do just as well as today what they did was sounder.
Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.
The modern architect is, generally speaking, art's greatest enemy.
People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance.
We are in a period of searchers rather than of creators.
To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them.