When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.
The sterile, arid environment created by truly jarring and discordant signage and gargantuan billboards is a turnoff.
People are afraid of things they don't understand. They don't know how to relate. It threatens their security, their existence, their career, image.