Critics generally come to be critics by reason not of their fitness for this but of their unfitness for anything else. Books should be tried by a judge and jury as though they were crimes, and counsel should be heard on both sides.


Criticism - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part VII - On the Making of Music, Pictures, and Books

Samuel Butler Quotes

Critics generally come to be critics by reason not of their fitness for this but of their unfitness for anything else. Books should be tried by a...

Critics generally come to be critics by reason not of their fitness for this but of their unfitness for anything else. Books should be tried by a...

Critics generally come to be critics by reason not of their fitness for this but of their unfitness for anything else. Books should be tried by a...

Critics generally come to be critics by reason not of their fitness for this but of their unfitness for anything else. Books should be tried by a...