As he proceeds to discuss an artist's ability to create art and beauty, he explains that there must be some imperfections in art, but exactly which should be overlooked since one is You need to view the entire half of the cup. In other words, Paley expresses his gratitude and appreciation for the world as it is because creating it was more than enough to pay the price for small imperfections. Therefore, the world is better than you think it is, and the creator of that world is better and more powerful than you think it is. Paley expands his earth-wide ideology of creation by saying, “Every observation…may be repeated with rigorous propriety concerning the eye, concerning animals, concerning plants, concerning all the organized parts of the works of nature.” (Page 6 of 7, Excerpts from William