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The literary critic, or the critic of any other specific form of artistic expression, may detach himself from the world for as long as the work of art he is contemplating appears to do the same.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Clive James |

No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide. I can quite understand how any ordinary critic would be strongly prejudiced against a work that was accompanied by a premature and unnecessary panegyric from the publisher. A publisher is simply a useful middle-man. It is not for him to anticipate the verdict of criticism.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Oscar Wilde |

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Mason Cooley |