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A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

— Kenneth Tynan

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We shall be judged by what we do, not by how we felt while we were doing it.

Tynan Right and Left (1967)

What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober.

Profiles (1990)

A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.

Tynan Right and Left (1967)

No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening on the stage and what was happening in the world.

Everyone is vulnerable who is at once gifted and gregarious.

Tynan Right and Left (1967)

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Parodies and caricatures are the most penetrating of criticisms.

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Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.

George Chapman The Gentleman Usher (1606)

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