Concerned Quote by Paul Fry

I don't think theory adds to criticism. (Methodology does, for better or worse.) Theory's function is to make criticism self-conscious, maybe even a little…

— Paul Fry

Criticism can be wonderful, especially in making connections in an interpretive way. But by applying theories randomly, it's an interesting exercise, but I don't…

— T.C. Boyle

Criticism is not construction, it is observation.

— George William Curtis

“The function of criticism should be to show how it is what it is, even that it is what it is, rather than to…

— Susan Sontag

My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism.

— Victoria Woodhull

Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

A critique does not consist in saying that things aren't good the way they are. It consists in seeing on just what type of…

— Michel Foucault

Valid criticism is something that we are open for, and we take it in the spirit in which it is given and try to…

— Urjit Patel

I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other,…

— Ezra Pound

Criticism can be effective when there is something that must be destroyed or dissolved, but it is capable only of harm when there is…

— Carl Jung

Criticism is natural; it's just that you have to deal with it positively and use it to improve.

— Inzamam-ul-Haq

“Criticism is not a circumscription or a set of prohibitions. It provides fixed points of departure. It may startle a dull reader into alertness.”

— Ezra Pound