another one I like, not painters, is a story about the conductor Thomas Beecham during a rehearsal turned to the lady cellist and said "Madam, between your legs you have something which can give pleasure to thousands, but all you do is sit there and scratch it".
B > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob W [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 07 September 2011 20:48 > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: OT The 30 Harshest Artist-on-Artist Insults In History > > One of the greatest art feuds was between Leonardo da Vinci and > Michelangelo. Leonardo famously said that Michelangelo's anatomical > pictures "look like a bag of walnuts". > > And I agree with him. > > B > > > > > I still like "Oh, you must have a very good camera." > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > They just don't insult anymore like these from the good old days > ... > > > > > > Frederic Leighton on James McNeil Whistler: > > > "My dear Whistler, you leave your pictures in such a sketchy, > > unfinished > > > state. Why don't you ever finish them?" > > > > > > James McNeil Whistler on Frederic Leighton: > > > "My dear Leighton, why do you ever begin yours?" > > > > > > http://flavorwire.com/204165/artist-insults > > > > > > > > > -bmw > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and > > > follow the directions. > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and > > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
