"A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia." Iris Murdoch
2007-03-06 12:33:47 · 5 answers · asked by Crockett H 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It is a dismissal. It is natural and inevitable for rain to fall, and all will go on despite it. It is also natural and inevitable for people to make negative comments about other people's work and art, and, in that, too, all will go on despite those comments. (Like water off a duck's back.)
2007-03-06 12:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Simply it means that it rains a lot in Patagonia so, whether or not it is raining there, is unimportant. Bad reviews are less important than that. Murdoch is being clever when she says that bad reviews mean nothing.
2007-03-06 13:56:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically not many people even know where Patagonia is and they care even less if it's raining there or not.
So a bad review really isn't that important..
2007-03-06 12:42:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Don't focus all of your attention on the little things. Focus of the positive, not the negetive, because in the end, it is only the positive that is important.
2007-03-06 12:41:32 · answer #4 · answered by Crystal N 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's meant to be encouragement- you should ignore your critics, because their opinions shouldn't matter to you any more than the weather somewhere you've never been.
2007-03-06 12:41:52 · answer #5 · answered by mina_lumina 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋