“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.”

“If you want to preach, young man, you ought to wear some kind of clerical costume so people would be warned. In my mind, there are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them. I hate le misérabilisme. I’m in the shining business, not the darkening business.”

“Curious learning not only makes unpleasant things less unpleasant but also makes pleasant things more pleasant.”

“Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.”

“Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience.It isn't more complicated that that.It is opening to or recieving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is,without either clinging to it or rejecting it. ”

“I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn't up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness.”