I don't think Kinkade is a brilliant artist, either. I just want to point out that we live in an era which is too damn serious. Everybody is so EARNEST.

Remember when you could watch TV in the evening and people told jokes, sang or danced? Now it's all crime and reality.

Remember when there were funny songs on the radio? Now it's all sadness and niche marketing.

Decorating is the same. We must be serious about this. Knickknacks are not allowed. Wallpaper is not allowed. It's okay to design a staircase that a toddler could plunge off of, but by God, it better be built of a green material.

Kinkade's art appeals to a person's desire for fantasy and escape, and as such it will never win the approval of today's arbiters of taste.