Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
5892
AUTHOR:
Russell Lynes
QUOTATION:
The Art Snob can be recognized in the home by the quick look he gives the pictures on your walls, quick but penetrating, as though he were undressing them. This is followed either by complete and pained silence or a comment such as “That’s really a very pleasant little water color you have there.”
ATTRIBUTION:
Snobs Harper 50
SUBJECTS:
Communications & the Arts: Art: Observers & Critics
