To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.
Doing history with integrity requires us to interpret elements of the past not through the optics of the present but within the worlds of our historical actors.
I always think that in some way, art is the best tool we have to prepare for death. It's like a sculpture that you can interpret differently every time you look at it.
A lot of what I do - I have to try and make sense of things before I can make nonsense of them.
I want to understand you, I study your obscure language.
I love it when people want to interpret my books.
I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.
The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.
I like to deconstruct things, deconstruct genres and stories.
Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.
