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Jonathan Raban

Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't.

Jonathan Raban

Jealousy

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The speaker dismisses critics as insignificant and driven by personal bitterness rather than genuine insight. They believe that such critics, consumed by envy and their own shortcomings, lack any meaningful understanding or valuable opinions about art.

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