The only way to escape misrepresentation is never to commit oneself to any critical judgement that makes an impact - that is, never to say anything. I still, however think that the best way to promote profitable discussion is to… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
In any period it is upon a very small minority that the discerning appreciation of art and literature depends ... They are still a minority, though a larger one, who are capable of endorsing such first-hand judgement by genuine personal response. — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
The few really great-the major novelists ... are significant in terms of the human awareness they promote; awareness of the possibilities of life. — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
Poetry can communicate the actual quality of experience with a subtlety and precision unapproachable by any other means. — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
It is well to start by distinguishing the few really great - the major novelists who count in the same way as the major… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
The "great tradition" does not brook even the possibility of libidinal gratification between the pages as an end in itself, and FR Leavis's "eat… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
A good deal of Paradise Lost strikes one as being almost as mechanical as bricklaying. — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
The only way to escape misrepresentation is never to commit oneself to any critical judgement that makes an impact - that is, never to… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
In any period it is upon a very small minority that the discerning appreciation of art and literature depends ... They are still a… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
