Eye pleasure

[Yul]

The artist (painting) who wants to promote his sales says unpretentiously : "Do eye pleasure and return on investment get along well?"

How could we enhance this phrasing?
Thanks
Yul

 

[Packard]

Yul,

Welcome to the forums.

We do not re-write text here. What issues do you see with the sentence as written?

 

[Yul]

Packard,

By the way, I've been Word Referencing for quite a long time.

I was just asking myself if "eye pleasure" was appropriate or fitting well in this particular question.

Thanks,

Yul

 

[se16teddy]

"Eye pleasure" is not in my experience a common collocation, and it does not have a very clear meaning. There is "eye candy". Eye candy definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Creating a new "noun modifier + noun" pairing is a bold step, akin to inventing a new word.

 

[Packard]

Not "eye pleasure" which teddy points out is not common, but perhaps "beauty".

Can beauty and return on investment play well together?

Can beauty and return on investment get along?

Can beauty and profit coexist?

Can beauty drive profits?

 

[Yul]

Thanks teddy and Packard.

I like your suggestions.

Would it be too much if I say :"Can a feast for the eyes and return on investment get along?"

Thanks,
Yul

 

[Packard]

Thanks teddy and Packard.

I like your suggestions.

Would it be too much if I say :"Can a feast for the eyes and return on investment get along?"

Thanks,
Yul

Yes.

"Plays well with others" is a phrase used by American teachers to describe social interaction of very young students.

My "plays well together" is a play on that phrase.

 

[se16teddy]

I am not very clear what you mean by "get along". Are you suggesting that only ugly art is likely to increase in value? Or the kind of people who invest in art only like things that shock?

 

[Packard]

I am not very clear what you mean by "get along". Are you suggesting that only ugly art is likely to increase in value? Or the kind of people who invest in art only like things that shock?

I would understand it to mean "coexist".

Can you have beautiful things and have them make a profit?

A classic is the Aston Martin motor car.

It is one of the most beautiful cars in the world (my opinion) and it never seems to make any money.

In that case beauty and profit (or eye pleasure and return on investment) do not get along.