[00:00.49]I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.
[00:05.49]Many people pretend that they understand modern art
[00:10.73]They always tell you what a picture is 'about'.
[00:15.32]Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything.
[00:19.91]They are just pretty patterns.
[00:23.71]We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.
[00:29.33]I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more.
[00:39.36]My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not.
[00:47.54]She came into my room yesterday.
[00:50.53]'What are you doing?' she asked.
[00:54.47]'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?'
[01:01.70]She looked at it critically for a moment.
[01:05.02]'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'
[01:12.01]I looked at it again.
[01:14.37]She was right! It was!