We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment.But the bitter truth we critics must face is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.But there are times when a critic truly risks something and that is in the discovery and defense of the new.
我們冒的風險小卻位高權(quán)重,人們必須奉上自己和作品供我們評論。可是,我們評論家必須面對一個難堪的事實 :以價值而言, 被評論家批評為平庸之物的同時我們的評論也許比他更為平庸。可是有時候評論家真的得冒險去發(fā)現(xiàn)并且捍衛(wèi)新的事物。