George Steiner Quotes about Criticism

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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

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.

George Steiner

Art, Criticism, Phrases

George Steiner (2010). “Real Presences: Is There Anything in What We Say?”, p.11, Faber & Faber

Literary criticism has about it neither rigour nor proof. Where it is honest, it is passionate, private experience seeking to persuade.

George Steiner

Criticism, Passionate, Honest

George Steiner (1987). “George Steiner: A Reader”, p.165, Oxford University Press on Demand

George Steiner Quotes about Criticism

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