A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
A snob is unreliable. The work he praises might just be good.
An artist should make concessions to the listener. That is why Bruckner dedicated one of his symphonies to the Good Lord.
In Berlin, things are serious but not hopeless. In Vienna, they are hopeless but not serious.
Psychoanalysis is the mental illness it purports to cure
Most critics write critiques which are by the authors they write critiques about. That would not be so bad, but then most authorswrite works which are by the critics who write critiques about them.