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Blame is safer than praise.
Blame is safer than praise.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of read more
Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
The press, the pulpit, and the stage,
Conspire to censure and expose our age.
The press, the pulpit, and the stage,
Conspire to censure and expose our age.
A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to read more
A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools,
Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.
Criticism is easy, and art is difficult.
[Fr., La critique est aisee, et l'art est difficile.]
Criticism is easy, and art is difficult.
[Fr., La critique est aisee, et l'art est difficile.]
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a read more
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
