#critic

Ivanov had been a party member since 1902. Back then he had tried to write stories in the manner of Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gorky, or rather he had tried to plagiarize them without much success, which led him, after long reflection (a whole summer night), to the astute decision that he should write in the manner of Odoevsky and Lazhechnikov. Fifty percent Odoevsky and fifty percent Lazhecknikov. This went over well, in part because readers, their memories mostly faulty, had forgotten poor Odoevsky (1803-1869) and poor Lazhechnikov (1792-1869), who died the same year, and in part because literary criticism, as keen as ever, neither extrapolated nor made the connection nor noticed a thing. ↗

— Roberto Bolaño

#literary-criticism

It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic. ↗

— Devon Aoki

#critic #difficult #screen #see #up

I never knew any painter worthy of the name who paid the smallest attention to what a critic says, even in conversation. ↗

— Robert Baldwin Ross

#attention #conversation #critic #even #i

U.S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U.S. national security and to foreign policy objectives in the Middle East. ↗

— Richard Armitage

#critical #east #flexibility #foreign #foreign policy

For some critics we might be uncool on account of our popularity. ↗

— Gavin Rossdale

#critics #might #our #popularity #some

Freedom of navigation through international waterways is critical to the international community and to nations in the region, including Iran. ↗

— John C. Stennis

#critical #freedom #including #international #international community

But, when I had this feeling and started painting sacred art, as I had this feeling to do, then it come to me: my problem is I'll get a lot of criticism and another problem is my work's not good enough to sell. ↗

— Howard Finster

#art #come #criticism #enough #feeling

We have all examined our past critically and are very much aware of even the unpleasant things. Now, we need to look at what we plan to do with the lessons we have learned from the past. ↗

— Heinz Fischer

#critically #even #examined #learned #lessons

No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#critics #degree #determination #dullness #fascinating

The citizen who criticizes his country is paying it an implied tribute. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#country #criticizes #his #implied #paying