I doubt that art needed Ruskin any more than a moving train needs one of its passengers to shove it.
Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one's arms around a side of beef.
I read for interest and enjoyment, and when I cease to enjoy it I stop.
Any revival in which I am involved is liable to change.
James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.
If the audience is made to do not enough work, they resent it without knowing it. Too much and they get lost. There's a perfect pace to be found. And a perfect place that is different for every line of the play.