Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes About Criticism

Quotes about: Criticism

• Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Sympathy, Criticism, Firsts

• Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Reflection, Order, Doubt

• Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Art, Intuition, Criticism

• Sympathy is the first condition of criticism; reason and justice presuppose, at their origin, emotion.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Justice, Criticism, Firsts

• Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art. Critical genius means an aptitude for discerning truth under appearances or in disguises which conceal it; for discovering it in spite of the errors of testimony, the frauds of tradition, the dust of time, the loss or alteration of texts. It is the sagacity of the hunter whom nothing deceives for long, and whom no ruse can throw off the trail.

  Henri Frederic Amiel

  Art, Mean, Loss

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