The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to…

Quote byGeorge Moore · 1852–1933

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Impressions and Opinions (1891): "Balzac"..

English (original)

The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand.

— George Moore

Faith goes out of the window when beauty comes in at the door.

He must put his shoulder to the wheel and get it right; one more push, that was all that was wanted.

The public will accept a masterpiece, but it will not accept an attempt to write a masterpiece.

Acting is therefore the lowest of the arts, if it is an art at all.

I have always noticed that when a fellow wants to finish a play, the only way to do it is to go away to the country and leave no address.

The mind petrifies if a circle be drawn around it, and it can hardly be denied that dogma draws a circle round the mind.