George Steiner Quote

All serious art, music, literature is a critical act. It is so, firstly, in the sense of Matthew Arnold's phrase: "a criticism of life." Be it realistic, fantastic, Utopian or satiric, the construct of the artist is a counter-statement to the world.


Ch. 4 (p. 11). - Real Presences (1989) - I: A Secondary City


All serious art, music, literature is a critical act. It is so, firstly, in the sense of Matthew Arnold's phrase: a criticism of life. Be it...

All serious art, music, literature is a critical act. It is so, firstly, in the sense of Matthew Arnold's phrase: a criticism of life. Be it...

All serious art, music, literature is a critical act. It is so, firstly, in the sense of Matthew Arnold's phrase: a criticism of life. Be it...

All serious art, music, literature is a critical act. It is so, firstly, in the sense of Matthew Arnold's phrase: a criticism of life. Be it...