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

#art #cannot #great #great art #interested

Really, it's not people who don't understand us who drive us nuts—it's when those who shouldn't, do. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#movies

The worst thing about movie-making is that it's like life: nobody can go back to correct the mistakes. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#movies #life

An artist must either give up art or develop. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#art

In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#arts #critic #independent #information #only

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

#art #artists #call #likely #make

Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him 'Plays with Camera.' ↗

— Pauline Kael

#camera #costner #feathers #hair #head

A book might be written on the injustice of the just. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#injustice #just #might #written

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#him #his #philistine #put #reverence

The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#critic #independent #information #only #rest