Re: Re: Knowing art

[Stephanie Smilay <stephani@smart.net>]

On 9 Dec 2000 dm33@usa.net wrote:
> Date: 9 Dec 00 21:55:17 CST
> From: dm33@usa.net
> Reply-To: quotation-ring-l@gunnar.cc
> To: quotation-ring-l@gunnar.cc
> Subject: [QRList] Re: Knowing art
> 
> 
> Hello,
>      Bartlett's 16th edition gives the quote "He knows all about art, but he
> doesn't know what he likes" from James Thurber (1894-1961) as being the
> caption for a cartoon in The Now Yorker.  From the quote you gave, it looks
> like someone changed this quote around to suit their purposes.  I hope that
> helps.
> 
Nope.  "I don't know anything about art, but I know what I like" was
already a cliche at the time Thurber penned the cartoon.  That's what
made the cartoon funny.
Stephanie