I think art is probably our saving grace. It can almost ignore our animal premise and spirits. It’s worth investing in as many deeply involved people as we can muster because I think that’s where our hopes lie: in giving us a life of pleasure, challenge, comfort, joyousness—all of the things that make us human and able to relate kindly to each other. -- Wayne Thiebaud, 2021 Celebrated American artist Wayne Thiebaud, 101, died on December 25, at his home in Sacramento, California. ...