The detective novel is the art-for-art's-sake of our yawning Philistinism, the classic example of a specialized form of art removed from contact… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
One way to cope with the provocations of novel art is to rest firm and maintain solid standards... set by the critic's… — Leo Steinberg Copy Share Image
I had always said to myself that forty was the cut off point of my apprenticeship which may for some people sound… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and… — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
