Critics Quotes - Page 13
Why do critics make such an outcry against tragicomedies? is not life one?
Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”
I don't know a critic who penetrates the center of anything.
"Arthur Miller, Moral Voice of American Stage, Dies at 89" by Marilyn Berger in The New York Times, February 11, 2005.
A man who grows that much hair,' critics were fond of saying, 'must have a lot to hide.
Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “2061: Odyssey Three”, RosettaBooks
Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2369, Delphi Classics
Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?
Alexander Pope (1825). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Sketch of the Author's Life”, p.49
Alexander Pope (1795). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Eight Volumes, Complete”, p.102
the labors of the true critic are more essential to the author, even, than to the reader.
Agnes Repplier (1888). “Books and Men”