The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts read more

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed that can make life a garden.

Each generation produces its squad of "moderns" with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.

Each generation produces its squad of "moderns" with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.

It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.

It is much easier to be critical that to be correct.

You know who critics are?--the men who have failed in literature
and art.

You know who critics are?--the men who have failed in literature
and art.

Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them.
The author might often reply: Is that my fault?

Reviewers are forever telling authors they can't understand them.
The author might often reply: Is that my fault?

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.

The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand

The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand

Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.

Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.