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Pauline Kael
1919 – 2001 • American • Critic
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Showing 14 quotesOne of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.— Pauline Kael
In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.— Pauline Kael
Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him 'Plays with Camera.'— Pauline Kael
Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.— Pauline Kael
It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have the patience to make art.— Pauline Kael
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Patience
Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.— Pauline Kael