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“In an age of unscrupulous and shameless book-making, it is a duty to give notice of the rubbish that cumbers the ground. There is no credit, no real power required for this task. It is the work of an intellectual scavenger, and far from being specially honorable.”

Giving Book Real Age Duty Intellectual Tasks Criticism Critics Credit Honorable Rubbish Shameless Real Power

Book:A Victorian spectator: uncollected writings of R.H. Hutton

Source: A Victorian spectator: uncollected writings of R.H. Hutton

“There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work of learning or genius, who stand as sentinels in the avenues of fame, and value themselves upon giving Ignorance and Envy the first notice of a prey.”

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

“The critics can say stupid things and we can enjoy them, if we have the legitimate feeling of superiority - the satisfaction of a duty accomplished.”

Ifs Feelings Enjoy Stupid Duty Critics Satisfaction Accomplished Superiority Stupid Things

Author:Paul Gauguin

“If the function of the artist is to see, the first duty of the critic is to understand what the artist saw.”

Ifs Firsts Artist Saws Duty Function Critics

Author:J. E. H. MacDonald

“Literature remains an indispensable human activity, in which the reader and the writer are engaged of their own volition. Hence, literature has no duty to the masses or society, and ethical or moral pronouncements added by busybody critics are of no concern to the writer.”

Humans Literature Moral Duty Reader Activity Mass Concern Remains Critics Engaged Ethical Indispensable Human Activity Volition Busybodies

Author:Gao Xingjian

“The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own country, his own government, his own culture. The more freedom the writer possesses, the greater the moral obligation to play the role of critic.”

Country Play Home Government Culture Community Moral Roles Greater Duty Critics Obligation Moral Obligation Moral Duty

Book:The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader

Source: The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader