William Gilmore Simms Quotes about Criticism

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The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

William Gilmore Simms

Fear, Weight Loss, Criticism

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

William Gilmore Simms

Fear, Criticism, Genius

William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.25

I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure.

William Gilmore Simms

Character, Criticism, Respect Me

Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe and honestly to award - these are the true aims and duties of criticism.

William Gilmore Simms

Awards, Criticism, Blame

William Gilmore Simms (1853). “Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside”, p.19