Appreciation Quote by T. S. Eliot

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

— Anonymous

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

— RMKATTA

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 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

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

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

— Anne Stevenson

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

— Anonymous

I can be upset by malice. Most critics are very poor poets. Poetry is a craft that takes a lot to appreciate, and there…

— Derek Walcott

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

Contemporary poets are skeptical and suspicious even, or perhaps especially, about themselves. They publicly confess to being poets only reluctantly, as if they were…

— Wislawa Szymborska

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

— Theophile Gautier