“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
“When he looks back, the critic sees a eunuch's shadow. Who would be a critic if he could be a writer? Who would hammer out the subtlest insight into Dostoevsky if he could weld an inch of the Karamazovs, or argue the poise of Lawrence if he could shape the free gust of life in The Rainbow?” IfsLooksWould BeShapesShadowCriticsInsightArguingInchesRainbowHammersPoiseEunuchs Book:Language and silence: essays on language, literature, and the inhuman Source: Language and silence: essays on language, literature, and the inhuman
“My writing of fiction comes under a very general heading of those teachers, critics, scholars who like to try their own hand once or twice in their lives.” WritingTryingHandsFictionTeacherCriticsScholarHeadings Author:George Steiner
“Every one of my opponents, every one of my critics, will tell you that I am a generalist spread far too thin in an age when this is not done anymore, when responsible knowledge is specialized knowledge.” DoneAgeResponsibleCriticsSpreadOpponentsGeneralists Author:George Steiner
