Literary Critic

Famous quotes containing the words literary critic, literary and/or critic:

“I have misplaced the Van Allen belt
the sewers and the drainage,
the urban renewal and the suburban centers.
I have forgotten the names of the literary critics.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“In the course of a life devoted less to living than to reading, I have verified many times that literary intentions and theories are nothing more than stimuli and that the final work usually ignores or even contradicts them.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)

“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)