The
aim of all commentary on art now should be to make
works of art -- and, by analogy, our own experience
-- more, rather than less, real to us. The function
of criticism should be to show how it is what it is,
even that it is what it is, rather than to show what
it means.
-- Susan Sontag
1933-, American
Essayist
Any
critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course.
But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical
failure of an entire sensibility.
-- Susan Sontag
1933-, American
Essayist
Unless
a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified
praise, I say ignore the bastard.
-- John Steinbeck
1902-1968, American
Author
Give a
critic an inch, he'll write a play.
-- John Steinbeck
1902-1968, American
Author
