It seemed to me that you felt he should be corrected by you and that he was wrong for having an opinion (put badly admitted) and you were of course right In so doing, then question his ability as an artist, because he cannot agree to your opinions.
What reaction would you expect from a bricklayer if you were making a statement that some are cowboys and others are worth their money. If the comparison was not aimed DD as an artist. Perhaps you should not have used the analogy that you did. Though somehow I feel you could never admit to be wrong about anything....
All I believe DD was saying anyway, that why should only certain riders be worth paying to see and not all of them. However good some are there cannot be a meeting held 'around one or two names'. Even David Beckham cannot play a football match on his own.
One and nine? She was a cheap bit Norbold You wouldn't get much for that in Penge
Then why the demolition job on him personally, his vocation, and his opinion, however much you consider it to be b###ocks. Dont you think that is a contradiction in itself?
'Art' is purely subjective, and I would not give you two bob for a Titian
No one was prepared to give Van Gough a shilling in his lifetime for one of his paintings.