How To Recognize Great Art?

The octopus went to see an art exhibition and did not like what he saw. "Oh", said the goat, who was also the gallery owner, "you don't understand the paintings because you are just an ignorant and stupid octopus". "Well", replied the octopus, "actually I have a PhD in Art, as well as my highly cultivated aesthetic taste and my own curatorial judgment. Let me tell you this: It is very unfortunate that so called >experts<, like you promote junk art and tell others that either they like what you like, or they are fools. Art lovers should know that they are duped by you. I believe they should educate their aesthetic sensitivities and trust their own judgment. Furthermore, I also would like to remind you, that as the poet Reiner Maria Rilke observed long ago, there is only one fair judge in art: Love."