Good criticism needs a lean and vivid style to express what you observed and what you think. Florid adjectives smack of the panting prose with which Vogue likes to disclose its latest chichi discovery: 'We've just heard about the most utterly enchanting little beach at Cozumel.'


On Writing Well (1976)

William Zinsser Quotes

Good criticism needs a lean and vivid style to express what you observed and what you think. Florid adjectives smack of the panting prose with which...

Good criticism needs a lean and vivid style to express what you observed and what you think. Florid adjectives smack of the panting prose with which...

Good criticism needs a lean and vivid style to express what you observed and what you think. Florid adjectives smack of the panting prose with which...

Good criticism needs a lean and vivid style to express what you observed and what you think. Florid adjectives smack of the panting prose with which...