13 Quotes by Christopher Ricks

I think the wish to disassociate from the cult of self is a good human impulse,

The one thing worse than not living for ever would be living for ever

Geniuses are at work in the rock music field, and great popularity is no proof you aren't good.

Geniuses are people who notice things and connections between things which others haven't noticed. Genius must be a surprise.

For it is characteristic of true simplicity that there may radiate from its utmost directness a good many glinting things.

A great work of art is one that continues to repay attention.

When a language creates - as it does - a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.

When a language creates as it does a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.

When a language creates -- as it does -- a community within the present, it does so only by courtesy of a community between the present and the past.