“Literary criticism has about it neither rigour nor proof. Where it is honest, it is passionate, private experience seeking to persuade.” HonestCriticismPassionateSeekingProofLiterary CriticismRigour Book:George Steiner: A Reader Source: George Steiner: A Reader
“The critic lives at second hand. He writes about. The poem, the novel, or the play must be given to him; criticism exists by the grace of other men's genius.” MenWritingPlayHandsGivenNovelGraceGeniusCriticismCriticsSecond Hand Book:Language and Silence Source: Language and Silence
“All serious art, music, literature is a critical act. It is so, firstly, in the sense of Matthew Arnold's phrase: "a criticism of life." Be it realistic, fantastic, Utopian or satiric, the construct of the artist is a counter-statement to the world.” WorldArtLife IsArtistLiteratureSeriousCriticismCriticalStatementsFantasticPhrasesRealisticConstructsUtopianMatthewArt Music Book:Real Presences: Is There Anything in What We Say? Source: Real Presences: Is There Anything in What We Say?
“Literature and the arts are also criticism in a more particular and practical sense. They embody an expository reflection on, a value judgement of, the inheritance and context to which they pertain.” ArtValuesLiteratureParticularReflectionCriticismPracticalsJudgementInheritance Book:Real Presences: Is There Anything in What We Say? Source: Real Presences: Is There Anything in What We Say?
