| 1 | A good critic is one who narrates the adventures of his mind among masterpieces. | |
| 2 | He has often described to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere $50. | |
| 3 | "These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world," said Prof de Tommaso. | |
| 4 | "These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world," said Prof de Tommaso. | |
| 5 | His connoisseurship is broad and deep, his examples are often breathtaking, and his analyses of how the masterpieces achieve their effects are acute and compelling. |