Daily Inspiration Quote by Erich Segal

A watercolor implies intimacy, delicacy, the polite scale of something meant to be held at arm's length. A mural is public, blunt, and unavoidable: it takes over a wall and, by extension, a room, a street, a neighborhood. Segal’s line snaps that contrast into a small act of defiance. It refuses the reader’s instinct to domesticate what’s being made or felt. Whatever “this” is - a work of art, a relationship, a life choice, a plan - it’s not asking for careful appreciation. It’s demanding space.

The intent feels less like aesthetic nitpicking and more like a power move: a correction of expectations. Calling something a watercolor is often code for “keep it tasteful,” “keep it small,” “don’t embarrass anyone.” The retort insists on maximalism. Subtext: stop treating my ambition as a hobby; stop framing my emotions as a minor key. If you want to engage, you’ll have to stand back and take in the whole surface.

Segal, best known for Love Story, wrote in an era when mainstream literary sentimentality was both marketable and easy to dismiss as “light.” The line works as a meta-defense of bigness: of stories engineered to hit hard, to go wide, to be remembered in public. A mural isn’t subtle, but it can be civic. Segal’s phrase quietly argues that scale is a form of seriousness.