Quotes by Cioran, E. M.

Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with on >>

Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful >>

The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as >>

Quotations about Critics and Criticism

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct >>

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicki >>

The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very b >>

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

Cioran, E. M.