I believe that the trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades, and that it has no real value…However, let it go. It is the will of God that we must have critics, and missionaries, and Congressmen, and humorists, and we must bear the burden.


Autobiography (1924)


I believe that the trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades, and that it has no real value…However, ...

I believe that the trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades, and that it has no real value…However, ...

I believe that the trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades, and that it has no real value…However, ...

I believe that the trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades, and that it has no real value…However, ...