One does not need education to be able to appreciate what you see or hear.

[ He'd encountered so many snooty critics over the years who touted their 'knowledge' like a badge of honor. Yes, tell him about the age of a painting whose origins were "shrouded in mystery" - which he was old enough to have witnessed. ]

It does not account for taste, either. [ He huffs. ] If I have to see another "master of the arts" whose idea of the craft is throwing their entire palette on the canvas at once and attaching meaning to it, I will think the medium lost to the ages.