art critic

is a gentleman who flutters about the world like bats... throw them a handkerchief full of sand and they will stupidly make a rush at it.

(of art critics) These gentlemen flutter about the world like bats which flap their wings in the twilight and whose dark mass appears to you in every direction... animals disquieted by their fate, their too heavy bodies preventing them from rising. Throw them a handkerchief full of sand and they will stupidly make a rush at it.

is one who uses big words because, if readers knew what he was talking about, they'd know he didn't know what he was talking about.

An art critic uses big words because, if readers knew what he was talking about, they'd know he didn't know what he was talking about.

is someone who appreciates art, except for any particular piece of art.

An art critic is someone who appreciates art, except for any particular piece of art.

is one who knows all about art, but often doesn't know what he likes.

He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes

is tasked to find meanings in a painting which the artist didn't know were there.

The chief requisite for an art critic is the ability to find meanings in a painting which the artist didn't know were there.

art critic, n.Definitions

art critic