It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it. — Robert Motherwell Copy Share Image
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… — George Steiner Copy Share Image