W. H. Auden Quotes About Criticism

Quotes about: Criticism

• One cannot review a bad book without showing off.

  W. H. Auden

  Book, Criticism, Reviews

  Dyer's Hand (1963) "Reading"

• It's better to say, 'I'm suffering,' than to say, 'This landscape is ugly.

  W. H. Auden

  Suffering, Criticism, Ugly

• Criticism should be a casual conversation.

  W. H. Auden

  Criticism, Should, Conversation

• The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid.

  W. H. Auden

  Taken, Criticism, Salt

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