dave steger

 

Correcting Andy Rooney


The following is a commentary by 60 Minutes correspondent Andy Rooney.

"When did bright-colored plastic cows, pigs and rabbits get to be art…I may not understand art, but I understand the English language, and that's pretentious nonsense…A writer ought to be able to write simple sentences before he tries to be a poet. I want to see something traditional that a sculptor has done - something I can understand - before he gets a license to do this…Whoever did one particular painting suffers either from a functional disorder of the mind or he's putting us on…I understand perfectly well that good art is always ahead of public taste. Most of this stuff is certainly ahead of my taste. I don't like it. If I'm wrong, I'm sure you'll correct me."


Quick question-
could you sculpt this?
I didn't think so.
By the way,
you're dried up,
and you don't even know it yet.
Everything our eyes can see is art,
and you sir are one hideous piece.