Harold Bloom
Influential critic whose works on Shakespeare provided quotable literary insights, though primarily a scholar.
Quotes by Harold Bloom
Theater is where Shakespeare lives eternally.
I detest the School of Resentment.
Prospero is Shakespeare's farewell to the stage.
Reading Freud is like reading Shakespeare: profound and troubling.
The canon survives because it is great.
Macbeth's ambition is the dark side of will.
Critics must love literature more than theory.
Shakespeare's clowns are wiser than his kings.
Influence is the shadow of genius.
The West is Shakespeare.
Books are our immortality.
Deconstruction is a polite way of saying nothing.
Othello's jealousy is universal.
To be a critic is to be a strong misreader.
Literature teaches us to die.
The Tempest is Shakespeare's most personal play.
Genius is the capacity to misread.
I have devoted my life to defending the canon.
Shakespeare's women are stronger than his men.
Criticism is an art of love.