Top 17 Connoisseur Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Connoisseur Quotes from famous people such as David Elliott, Camille Paglia, James Holzhauer, Erik Larson, James Herriot, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

Unless you are a born connoisseur of art, you will not

Unless you are a born connoisseur of art, you will not be able to judge by yourself why certain art is superior to other art.
David Elliott
One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It’s why he found shooting on set boring – because he had already composed the film in his head.
Camille Paglia
It’s really funny seeing all these media depictions of me as an intellectual because I’m a connoisseur of low culture.
James Holzhauer
I wouldn’t say that I’m an Italian wine connoisseur. I do like red wine. I guess my favorites now are Bordeauxes. French.
Erik Larson
I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box.
James Herriot
My father was a great connoisseur of music and arts. He said, ‘I will encourage you in anything you do, but make sure you get a solid education.’ So, I studied in the finest schools and went on to become a qualified barrister but didn’t take up law because my music was my area of interest.
Adnan Sami
I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done.
Susan Orlean
You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I had a connoisseur’s… appreciation of fear.
Peter Straub
I am a tea connoisseur and my idea of absolute heaven is a tea shop.
Sarah Lancashire
One great pleasure of being an academic is the ability to trade in ideas with your colleagues and students; it is not much fun being the only connoisseur of some fine point.
Abhijit Banerjee
I’m an absolute connoisseur of cheeseburgers and like to think that I can detect even mere percentages of shift in fat content in ground meat in a burger and can actually name the temperature to which it was actually cooked to the degree if I’m, you know, really on my game.
Alton Brown
The trick to techno, as a connoisseur, is that you got to do two things: keep your hands down and your mouth shut.
Winston Marshall
I am a connoisseur of products. I check out everything, I try everything.
Tracee Ellis Ross
I’m like a connoisseur of dry shampoo, so I’m really picky.
Khloe Kardashian
My wife and I are connoisseurs of films but in opposite directions. She’s a connoisseur of really good, classy foreign films. I’m a connoisseur of really bad, cheesy horror movies – so-bad-it’s-good horror movies.
Mark Pellegrino
I wouldn’t say I’m a connoisseur of film. I like certain films, but I don’t pretend to be a connoisseur of films, no.
Christopher Guest