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The critic should describe, and not prescribe
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"The critic should describe, and not prescribe"

- Eugene Ionesco

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This quote by Eugene Ionesco urges movie critics to focus on defining the job they are critiquing, instead of recommending what the musician ought to have done differently. Ionesco is recommending that movie critics should be unbiased as well as give an accurate description of the work, instead of using their very own point of view on exactly how it must have been done. He is emphasizing the importance of supplying an honest and also unbiased assessment of the work, as opposed to attempting to impose one's own ideas on the artist. By doing so, critics can aid to promote an extra open as well as constructive dialogue between the artist as well as the target market. This quote also works as a tip that objection must be useful as well as not harmful, which it ought to be made use of to assist the artist improve their job, instead of to tear it down.

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France Flag This quote is written / told by Eugene Ionesco between November 26, 1912 and March 28, 1994. He/she was a famous Dramatist from France. The author also have 17 other quotes.

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