Re:Aesthetic sense cannot be taught (Score 1)

what a load of bollox. of course aesthetic sense can be taught. just as writing and music and any other artistic endeavor can be taught. Of course there are some people who are born great at artistic things (just as there are born-great atheletes. But just as for every Micheal Jordan or Wayne Gretzky there are dozens of guys who worked hard, practiced for bajillion hours and had good coaches, the same is true for great artists). really to say that you can't teach it is complete rubbish and is, no doubt, a fiction that bad designers want you to believe so they don't have to work hard, and good designers want you to believe so that you'll pay them lots and not ask questions.

(and in case you wonder - or care - I'm a writer and I work with designers constantly).