On 16 Nov 2004 11:03:42 -0700, (Mike Paulson)
wrote:

In article ,
Jim Gott wrote:
I hear all the time from women when they're looking at an art bowl or vase, and
they ask, "What do you do with this?"
My answer is, "You dust it."

During the first hour or two of a show I am very polite and patiently talk
about turning and the creative process. By the end of the 3rd day I have
been known to repeat what a gallery owner told me she had once said,
"It's art, stupid, you look at it."

when you get to that point, "I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill
you" is pretty effective..