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14 quotes by Pauline Kael

Pauline Kael (/keɪl/; June 19, 1919 – September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968 to 1991. Earlier in her career, her work appeared in City Lights, McCall's and The New Republic. Kael was known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated, and sharply focused" reviews, her opinions often contrary to those of her contemporaries. She is often regarded as the most influential American film...
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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... →

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

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

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A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.

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Trash has given us an appetite for art.

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

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I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to... →

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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... →

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Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher.

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

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The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.

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Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.

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

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