"Rebecca was right when she said that it's basically going to be an esthetic decision," Mr. Barnett says.

Something about that postwar, newly created universe just reeked of Levittown, but to have it suspended in geography was a good esthetic decision.

I don't think this style is the result of any conscious esthetic decision.

No one has to take a chance on making an esthetic decision; the numbers do it for them.

But that doesn't mean one makes esthetic decisions on marketing grounds.

Photographers, before exposing the film, must make esthetic decisions concerning equipment, film type and processing.

The paintings reflect Richter's relentless desire to eliminate esthetic decisions concerning color, image or composition as well as the emotional resonance of touch.

Wayne Pierce, a company spokesman, said that it was primarily an esthetic decision, but that the economics did not hurt.

"For me, it is a profound esthetic decision to have no strings attached to my works," Christo said.

Mr. Wuorinen says that audiences are incapable of making valid esthetic decisions.