I have never believed that the critic is the rival of the poet, but I do believe that criticism is a genre of literature or it does not exist.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true.
You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.
A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could!
I've had trouble with criticism, I guess. It's hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them.
The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.
I wouldn't call myself a 'literary critic,' just a book reviewer.
There have always been great defenses of poetry, and I've tried to write mine, and I think all of my work and criticism is a defense of poetry to try and keep something alive in poetry.
I don't know what to say about literary critics. I think it's probably best to say nothing.
For the critic, the author does not exist; only a certain number of writings exist.
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.