Monday, February 02, 2009

No Time For a Novice?

In his Davos speech, Gordon Brown likened himself to the artist Titian...
I'm reminded of the story of Titian, who's the great painter, who reached the age of 90, finished the last of his nearly 100 brilliant paintings, and he said at the end of it, 'I'm finally beginning to learn how to paint', and that is where we are.

Doesn't this rather destroy his argument that "this is no time for a novice"? Just askin'...

24 comments:

Pogo said...

"While Titian was mixing Rose Madder
his model reclined on a ladder,
her position, to Titian
suggested coition...
So he nipped up the ladder and 'ad 'er.

:-)

idle said...

Gordon thinks that HE has been responsible for "100 brilliant" economic decisions, by the sound of this.

Delusional conceited git.

Hacked Off said...

Titian died a year later of the plague. We can but hope.

The Penguin

Johnny Norfolk said...

Yes and look what hes done to weather. Whats he going to do about that then.

Not a sheep said...

More "tit" than "Titian".

Alan Douglas said...

In the mode of Will.I.Am, who did that song about Obama, I think Mr Brown meant :

Tit.I.Am

That sounds more like it.

Alan Douglas

Trend Shed said...

I don't think that this punctures Gordon's "No time for a novice" line........

... but the desperate attempts to liken Brown to an impressive historical figure are increasingly hilarious!

We've had Moses, the more anonymous "great war time leader", Churchill and now Titian.

Oddly still the only likeness that has stuck and caught the public's imagination was Vince Cable's suggestion the Brown had parallels with Mr Bean.

Trend Shed said...

If Brown was a painter, I'd suggest he is more of a Jackson Pollock.



http://www.artinthepicture.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/action-painting.jpg


Brown's headless chicken leadership style and the mess he created with the nations finances as Chancellor have aped Pollock's approach to painting superbly.

Newmania said...

I have wondered if the Golden rule is supposed ot apply over an economic cycle except now the cycle runs over about 100 years.

Perhaps thats what he means .

Newmania said...

Vince Cable's suggestion the Brown had parallels with Mr Bean.


Yes but its a mistake to assume that dicattors zre terribly efficient , in fact apart from being good at killing thie enemies and propoganda they are usually pathetic managers.
Stalin and Hitler were quite eban like anyway

Charlotte Corday said...

While you are stuck in this country, perhaps you or a colleague could dig up the tape of the press conference on the eve of the Labour Party conference in 2008where Fraser Nelson pointed out to John Prescott that 86 per cent of new jobs created since Labour came to power have gone to immigrants? Prescott virtually accused Nelson of being racist and said he welcomed all new jobs, whoever they went to.

Perhaps the tape could be played to the oil refinery strikers? I'm sure they would appreciate Prescott's candour.

IIRC it was on "The Politics Show".


As to the Titian analogy,Munch's "The Scream" would sum up Brown's Britian more effectively.

Anonymous said...

I do believe that Brown has someone in his speech writing team who has a fine sense of humour.

Unsworth said...

With his obvious keen appreciation of art why didn't Brown take up painting - full time?

It would have saved us all so much grief.

Anonymous said...

I think Gordon Brown would make a great painter ... a great painter - 'one apartment , two coats, one afternoon.'

Salmondnet said...

Unsworth. Good idea. Better still, couldn't he become a painter and decorator? He would finally be doing something useful and I am sure he would much enjoy competing for work with immigrants from the (for the time being) poorer nations of Europe.

Alceste said...

One of Titian's paintings was called The Allegory of Age Governed by Prudence.

Apparently this was followed up by a lesser known work - The Allegory of Prudence Butchered by Stupidity and Panic.

Anonymous said...

Here is The Truth:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article5636248.ece

T England. Raised from the dead. said...

Who in their right mind would let Brown loose with paint pots?

gordon-bennett said...

What also irritated me was that brown felt he had to tell us who Titian was.

Doesn't he realise that we weren't all educated under nulabour.

Anonymous said...

I'll have you know painting is very theraputic for the mentally ill.

King Athelstan said...

Hes beyond lampooning, always comparing Himself to historical figures. He already has His own place. Our first completely unelected Prime Minister. The most despised Prime Minister and indeed politician in British history. The Man responsible for whatever is about to happen.

Gareth said...

Gordon, like Titian, is costing the nation a bloody fortune.

Alex said...

I hard a bishop no less despairing of Gordon Brown yesterday because of his statement that there was no map for recvery.

Dr Evil said...

Titian? Well, El Gordo got the first three letters right.