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Oscar Wilde Quotes about Criticism

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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

Oscar Wilde
Artist, Criticism, Critics
Oscar Wilde (2007). “Epigrams of Oscar Wilde”, p.176, Wordsworth Editions

On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.

Oscar Wilde
Funny, Mind, Criticism
'The Importance of Being Earnest' (1895) act 2

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

Oscar Wilde
Artist, Criticism, Beneath The Surface
Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.175, Courier Corporation

All criticism is a form of autobiography

Oscar Wilde
Criticism, Form, Autobiography

Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty gives us.

Oscar Wilde
Art, Giving, Criticism
Oscar Wilde (2015). “The critic as artist (low cost). Limited edition”, p.69, Oscar Wilde

Artists reproduce themselves or each other, with wearisome iteration. But criticism is always moving on, and the critic is always developing.

Oscar Wilde
Moving, Artist, Criticism
Oscar Wilde (1969). “The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde”, p.390, University of Chicago Press

No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide. I can quite understand how any ordinary critic would be strongly prejudiced against a work that was accompanied by a premature and unnecessary panegyric from the publisher. A publisher is simply a useful middle-man. It is not for him to anticipate the verdict of criticism.

Oscar Wilde
Book, Men, Criticism

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