7 quotes
Critics should never socialize with artists; it’s difficult enough to like their work in the first place.
At the Cross-Time Jaunters’ Ball (1987)
An artist who works with himself as both raw materials and subject can never transcend either.
The Death Artist (1990)
“Ah, ‘The Suffering Critic.’ The work to gladden the heart of any artist.”
At the Cross-Time Jaunters’ Ball (1987)
“Ah, ‘The Suffering Critic.’ A work to gladden the heart of any artist.”
At the Cross-Time Jaunters’ Ball (1987)
Killing one man is an existential act. Killing a million would be a historic act, at least to the Bound. Killing them all would be a divine act.
The Death Artist (1990)
From a half-open window came the sound of a drinking song, bellowed by male voices to the accompaniment of pounding pewter mugs. Merchants, home from the Bourse and ready to do their best to keep the price of malted barley high.
At the Cross-Time Jaunters’ Ball (1987)
I’ve had fellow critics tell me that, when they work in Shadow, they stay in the sleaziest fleabags they can find, because that makes the experience more “real.” I don’t find lice more real, in any ultimate sense, than satin sheets.
At the Cross-Time Jaunters’ Ball (1987)