The art of improvement is in a sense opposed to the natural form, for it is not the same. And therefore this attitude of the artist towards nature is symbolized by the horizontal line, which supposedly means to say that you, the original nature, must not remain as you are: "I will make you different and better." It is this attitude that can be pictured as a horizontal line against the straight line, which forms the symbol of the cross. Since the cross is the way to perfection, the spirit which is in the artist brings about a perfection in the matter which is in nature. When looking from this point of view, no one can say anymore that it is premature on the part of man to interfere with the skill of God, as soon as one has realized that God created nature as God, but perfected His creation as the artist.