The trick to techno, as a connoisseur, is that you got to do two things: keep your hands down and your mouth… — Winston Marshall Copy Share Image
Only utopian liberals could be surprised that the Nazis were art connoisseurs. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
They were connoisseurs of boredom. They savoured the various bouquets of the subtly differentiated boredoms which rose from the long, wasted hours… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On… — Craig Claiborne Copy Share Image
“I was already a weary connoisseur of my dad’s pornography and had begun to develop my almost supernatural ability for guessing women’s… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
The man who has honesty, integrity, the love of inquiry, the desire to see beyond, is ready to appreciate good art. He… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
“He admires as a lover, not as a connoisseur. To satisfy me, those characters must be united. I could not be happy… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Cuban cigars are an acquired taste, like Scotch whisky. If you're not used to them, you'll get a headache, you'll find them… — Marvin Shanken Copy Share Image
The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them - especially not from yourself. Instead of turning away in… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
Those who are not conversant in works of art are often surprised at the high value set by connoisseurs on drawings which… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
Venice is a cheek-by-jowl, back-of-the-hand, under-the-counter, higgledy-piggledy, anecdotal city, and she is rich in piquant wrinkled things, like an assortment of bric-a-brac… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
“Connoisseur, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.” — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Any connoisseur knows you've got to be drunk to really enjoy a good romance.” — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm a connoisseur of film. I like certain films, but I don't pretend to be a connoisseur of films,… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I am a connoisseur of fine irony. 'Tis a bit like fine wine, but it has a better bite. — Lynn Kurland Copy Share Image
People might say I'm a sucker for stupid gadgets, but I prefer to describe myself as a connoisseur. — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
The ideology of capitalism makes us all into connoisseurs of liberty - of the indefinite expansion of possibility. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box. — James Herriot Copy Share Image
Fragrance for me is never after or only, it's everything. I am a fragrance connoisseur. — Erin Heatherton Copy Share Image
Since I've been pregnant, I've lost my taste for fast food. I used to be the biggest McDonald's junkie and now I… — Holly Madison Copy Share Image
Bunglers and pedants judge art according to genre; they approve of this and dismiss that genre, but instead of genres, the open-minded… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
I certainly didn't have New York Jewish humor. But I was in three Mel Brooks films so people thought I was a… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
American universities are organized on the principle of the nuclear rather than the extended family. Graduate students are grimly trained to be… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
“Anything can be art: painting stairs, raising a child, or organising a trip to the end of the world. It's the way… — Mykyta Isagulov Copy Share Image
In the '70s, anybody who was a connoisseur of collecting vinyl had the velvet brush. Remember the velvet brush? It would clean… — Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five Copy Share Image
Our human landscape is overburdened with competitions and contests. Art need not be a contest. Art is a personal quest for quality.… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
I love Hershey's chocolate. I feel the same about chocolate as I do about wine. Connoisseurs like dark chocolate and they like… — Paula Deen Copy Share Image
The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are a victim of resentment, depression, and despair. Gratitude will act… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
When you begin a picture you often make some pretty discoveries. You must be on guard against these. Destroy the thing, do… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
I'm an absolute connoisseur of cheeseburgers and like to think that I can detect even mere percentages of shift in fat content… — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
Speaking of food, English cuisine has received a lot of unfair criticism over the years, but the truth is that it can… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The latter. She had a good run, Sook said, doing a little shrug. It was his usual response to death at Mapleshade,… — Lisa Lutz Copy Share Image
It is possible to enjoy the Mozart concerto without being able to play the clarinet. In fact, you can learn to be… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Periguex: and, above all, in the… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Copy Share Image
In the drawing room [of the Queen's palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how… — Arthur Rubinstein Copy Share Image
The connoisseur of painting gives only bad advice to the painter. For that reason I have given up trying to judge myself. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
If connoisseurship is the art of appreciation, criticism is the art of disclosure... Connoisseurs simply need to appreciate what they encounter. Critics,… — Elliot W. Eisner Copy Share Image
I, too, seem to be a connoisseur of rain, but it does not fill me with joy; it allows me to steep… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
![“In the drawing room [of the Queen's palace] hung a Venus and Cupid by Michaelangelo, in which, instead of a bit of drapery, the painter has placed Cupid's foot between Venus's thighs. Queen Caroline asked General Guise, an old connoisseur, if it was not a very fine piece? He replied "Madam, the…” quote by Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/095/horace-walpole-3357_bits_in-the-drawing-room-of-the-queen-s-palac_2462665.jpg)
![“...stories about [the German composer Johannes] Brahms's rudeness and wit amused me in particular. For instance, I loved the one about how a great wine connoisseur invited the composer to dinner. 'This is the Brahms of my cellar,' he said to his guests, producing a dust-covered bottle and pouring…” quote by Arthur Rubinstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/84f/arthur-rubinstein-17373_amused_stories-about-the-german-composer-johann_2777721.jpg)
