Prawfddarllenwyd y dudalen hon
- (b) "A determination to pick holes . . . always vitiates a critique, no matter what learning and genius be bestowed on it.—G. SAINTSBURY.
- (xx) Bydded eich beirniadaeth yn glir ac yn bendant; gochelwch ddatganiadau cyffredinol. Siaredwch neu ysgrifennwch i'r pwynt. Cofiwch sylw miniog Blake:
"To generalise is to be an idiot; to particularise is the great distinction of merit."
- (xxi) Cofier bod pob awdur a'i waith, i raddau helaeth, yn gynhyrchion eu hoes; ond y dichon Athrylith, er hynny, ymryddhau, ambell dro, o hualau Etifeddeg, ac ymddyrchafu goruwch ei Chylchfyd, a thrwy hynny herio Ysbryd yr Oes, a chreu ffurf newydd, a hyd yn oed gychwyn cyfnod newydd, mewn llenyddiaeth.
- (a) Criticism must never forget for a moment that the artist is the child of his time".—WALTER PATER.
- (b) "Estimate every intellectual creation in its connexion with the age from which it proceeds."—WALTER PATER.
- (c) "Ages are all equal; but genius is always above its age."—W. BLAKE.
- (d) "A genius has the power to create an environment for himself."—EMILE HENNEQUIN.
