Chuck seems to have the same attitude towards non-artists that Hitler had towards non-aryans.
Carrol ---------
Gee, Carrol, doesn't this seem just a tad overkill? The point behind the statement was that there is a big difference between having an opinion on art, forming critical judgements, positioning it in relation to your own views, enjoying it and so forth--and founding an asethetic theory. A theory is supposed to provide a more comprehensive intellectual context from which you can justify and derive all of the above and more. In my mind, it silly to assume you can do that without ever engaging the activity. So a better metaphor is someone who comes with a theory of sex, derived from all the authority of virgins. Of course it didn't seem to stop the Pope--but there you have it.
Chuck Grimes