Mason Cooley Criticism Quotations

Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.

A critic who uses new quotations is making important changes.

Rule of criticism: only attend to the shape, and the purpose will manifest itself.

Strict rules of evidence would destroy psychoanalysis and literary criticism.

The critic roams through culture, looking for prey.

Go ahead and voice your criticisms, but don't expect to be invited back.

Literary criticism now is all pranks and polemics.

Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.