How to tell when someone is really good at something: ask who's better.
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Michel de Montaigne made much the same point in the 16th century.
Can you find the quote? I'd be very interested to see what he said.
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Yes, certainly. I'm far from my copy of his essays at the moment, but will cite him properly as soon as I can.
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I believe the key passage belongs to his essay "On Practice." But I must trust to memory for this, and may be wrong.
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