Re: Knowing art

[dm33@usa.net]

Stephanie,
     I apologize for my haste.  Searches on the internet support your claim
that the quote has been around a while.  But it's attribution is usually to
"anon." or it is given as a proverb.  Good luck finding the correct source.
  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
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