"Most of the evil in the world comes from nature, and most of the ugliness comes from art." Joe F   

I don't follow that reasoning, Joe F- I don't see nature as evil but as artless and pragmatic.   

One thing that has often occurred to me - especially when rhapodizing over some singularly beautiful thing - is that we are programmed to see some things as beautiful. Had we been programmed differently we would find mud, for instance, more fascinating than blue sky.

MichaeltheGM, I agree with Amis that nice things are nicer than nasty ones.