Appreciation Quote by Anonymous

Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry.

— T. S. Eliot

Honest criticism is not direct war on the poet but upon the poetry.

— RMKATTA

“In the land of poetry commentary, you will encounter those who take poetry too lightly, and those who take poetry too seriously. The former…

— Jasper Sole

Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true.

— William Shenstone

Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.

— Anne Stevenson

Poetry can be criticized only through poetry. A critique which itself is not a work of art, either in content as representation of the…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur…

— David Lehman

In truth it may be laid down as an almost universal rule that good poets are bad critics.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Creativity is contagious. And so is banality. Criticism is an art in itself. Don’t let the dullness around destroy the creativity within. T.S. Eliot…

— Anonymous

Many poets, as you know, are not good readers.

— Robert Giroux

The poet must decide not to impose his feelings in order to write without sentimentality.

— Anonymous

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.

— Theophile Gautier