“The best incentive for an artist are the harshest criticism”
“We are often our own harshest critics”
“A culture of unaccountability is a culture without incentive, and a culture without incentive is the death of critical and creative thinking.”
“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.”
“the best of Cervantes is untranslatable, and this undeniable fact is in itself an incentive [for one and all] to learn Spanish.”
“When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.”