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> [Some critics claim to know what art has to be and do, and consider it their task to steer art along the path they have chosen. Others receive art gladly, and try to distinguish degrees of excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-lynton/some-critics-claim-to-know-what-art-has-to-be-and-do-and-consider-it/)

[Norbert Lynton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norbert-lynton/)

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## More by Norbert Lynton

> [What do we expect from criticism? People appear to want it, but why?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-lynton/what-do-we-expect-from-criticism-people-appear-to-want-it-but-why/)

[Norbert Lynton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norbert-lynton/)

> [Like books, artists have their fates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-lynton/like-books-artists-have-their-fates/)

[Norbert Lynton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norbert-lynton/)

> [Some critics claim to know what art has to be and do, and consider it their task to steer art along the path they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-lynton/some-critics-claim-to-know-what-art-has-to-be-and-do-and-consider-it/)

[Norbert Lynton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norbert-lynton/)

> [All human action is expressive; a gesture is an intentionally expressive action. All art is expressive - of its author and of the situation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-lynton/all-human-action-is-expressive-a-gesture-is-an-intentionally/)

[Norbert Lynton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norbert-lynton/)

> [A great artist is never a closed subject, but this catalogue is a milestone production, as useful as it is beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norbert-lynton/a-great-artist-is-never-a-closed-subject-but-this-catalogue-is-a/)

[Norbert Lynton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norbert-lynton/)

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