Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think of quilts as paintings composed of colored bits of fabrics - each an expression of different form and sometimes function- much like oil or watercolor paintings. Some paintings are abstract and look as if paint colors were mindlessly thrown against a blank canvas while other paintings have a painstaking view of the world around us like John Singer Sargent or Monet. Is one better than the other? Is one easier to do than another? Does it matter? I think what matters is the creative spirit that each of us finds in ourselves and how we express it to others. To take a quote from Voltaire, I may not believe in what you say but I will defend your right to say it. ....I may not like the design of a quilt or the colors but I will respect the creativity.