It's more than that. Every element of western architecture, from sidewalks to office buildings, is devoid of art. Just look around. Our architecture is stereome

It's more than that. Every element of western architecture, from sidewalks to office buildings, is devoid of art. Just look around. Our architecture is stereometric brutalism made of identical concrete slabs of plain gray appearance. Note, that it would cost nothing to imprint sidewalk slabs with some ornament when those slabs are still liquid concrete, but not only there is no desire for such art expression, the public would ridicule such an idea. It's telling that there is no such thing as American ornament or art style. Even clothes that westerners wear are plain bland lookalike. The western society lays squashed under the immense pressure of the utilitarian mindset, the same mindset that's creating its science.