Books Quote by Agnes Repplier

“The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to…

— C.S. Lewis

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world…

— Joseph Addison

A critic knows more than the author he criticizes, or just as much, or at least somewhat less.

— Henry Edward Manning

“The critic's aim should be to interpret the work they are writing about and help readers appreciate it, by defining and analysing those qualities…

— David Cecil

“A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.”

— Nicholaa Spencer

A true critic, in the perusal of a book, is like a dog at a feast, whose thoughts and stomach are wholly set upon…

— Jonathan Swift

Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?

— Alexander Pope

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no…

— Cyril Connolly

But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have other and much more profound meanings…

— W. Somerset Maugham

We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have generally no other merit than that, having read the…

— Samuel Johnson

“Recognizing masterpieces is the job of the critic, not writing competent reviews of the unimportant.”

— Jack Green