Criticism Quote by Greil Marcus

“All history is fictionalised narration of an opinion and good authors keep coming up with new opinions on existing narrations. Those who have locked…

— R. N. Prasher

...History shows that ... (people) can be deflected from their natural tendencies by artful propaganda, bogus crises, or other political trickery.

— Robert Higgs

“The prevailing taste of the public for anecdote has been censured and ridiculed by critics, who aspire to the character of superior wisdom: but…

— Maria Edgeworth

“The people who criticize me are ignorant of what history is, because the very fact that the student of history chooses what to include…

— Teodoro A. Agoncillo

The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn't enter into it.

— Jill Lepore

“History loved to lie, through simple distortion or complete fabrication. Lies were the cosmetics of history, and when history could not be beautiful, it…

— Sean DeLauder

Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because…

— Hannah Arendt

The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesnt enter into it.

— Jill Lepore

“When I hear a critic speaking of an author’s sincerity I know that either the critic or the author is a fool”

— Vladimir Nabokov

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.

— Rachel Cusk

The best use of history is as an inoculation against radical expectations, and hence against embittering disappointments.

— George Will