A painting means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape.

Think of a musical as a string of pearls. If you don't have a string, you can't put the pearls around your neck.

Sixty-four thousand dollars for a question, I hope they are asking you the meaning of life.

Cheating on a quiz show? That's sort of like plagiarizing a comic strip.

I should in fairness add that my taste in music is reputedly deplorable.

A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places