Quote#Education
One’s ears are weary of the voice of the art teacher who sits like…
Quote byAubrey Beardsley · 1872–1898
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Art of the Hoarding (1894).
English (original)
One’s ears are weary of the voice of the art teacher who sits like the parrot on his perch, learning the jargon of the studios, making but poor copy and calling it criticism. We have had enough of their omniscience, their parade of technical knowledge, and their predilection for the wrong end of the stick.
— Aubrey Beardsley
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