Word: criticism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...marble bust on a pedestal today is about as contemporary as an old-fashioned butter churn. That is the conclusion to be drawn from the 148 sculptures chosen for New York's Whitney Museum annual, which opened last week. One newspaper critic was driven to suggest that a young sculptor, viewing the exhibit, might want to cut his throat in despair. Actually, the pulse of contemporary sculpture, as recorded by the Whitney's new curators, may be measured to the point of monotony but it is strong and rhythmic...
...just a valet," he says. "The suit comes in and you adjust the buttons. Any role you play is accidental. You were at the right place at the right time." But most authors consider the editorial function a little more important than that. In a left-handed compliment, Critic Leslie Fiedler once described the typical book editor as "an odd blend of schoolmarm and Jewish mother...
...intelligent man wouldn't take a job like that," playwright Arthur Kopit '58 contended. "A critic," Kopit said, "should describe and not evaluate. He should be a reporter...
John Simon, drama critic for the Hudson Review, disagreed, insisting that "the function of a critic is to be a teacher and an artist...
...were a poet," said Weidman in response to Simon's conception of the good critic, "he wouldn't be a critic--he'd write a poem...