But the truth is that critics are by definition critical. That's their job. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action. — John Mason Brown Copy Share Image
“When I hear a critic speaking of an author’s sincerity I know that either the critic or the author is a fool” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“Recognizing masterpieces is the job of the critic, not writing competent reviews of the unimportant.” — Jack Green Copy Share Image
To be a fashion critic is easy because you just say, 'I love it, I hate it,' but life is more than… — Alber Elbaz Copy Share Image
It is essential for the good of criticism that both the critic and the public face the fact that a review is… — Judith Crist Copy Share Image
Great critics do not explicate a text; they describe it and then report on what they have described, if the description itself… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
It would have more meaning for me to hear what critics have to say if their values and their ways of living… — Rei Kawakubo Copy Share Image
Comedy is a difficult thing for a critic, as, unlike all other art-forms, it has an inbuilt success-o-meter: laughter. Therefore, there's no… — David Baddiel Copy Share Image
“The truth may roar, but it's roaring does not terrify the blameless. Guilty conscience needs neither a critic nor an accuser. Remember,… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and… — Barbra Streisand Copy Share Image
“As we passed his table, I saw that the device that imprisoned the book was clever but wicked-looking, as though the critic… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“The fearsome critic and not-very-tough composer Virgil Thomson once drew up a set of rules for hearing an unfamiliar work; the last… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
Criticism ultimately at some degree is about the writer and not the subject. It's very easy if everybody else says, "He's a… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
“My friend is my friend, even if he wears rag, even if he wasn't born with a silver spoon, even if nobody… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom,… — Aaron Sanchez Copy Share Image
“When the critic has said everything in his power about a literary text, he has still said nothing; for the very existence… — Todorov Tzvetan Copy Share Image
“Critics are important. They give us the reasons, knowingly or unknowingly, not to fall, slumber or deviate from our true purpose .… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
“The modern critic in his concerted effort to undermine the structure of all religious, moral, and cultural distinctions ultimately brings these distinctions… — René Girard Copy Share Image
“...All of these writings could be reduced to mere “thought-provoking content,” for the system devours everything in its path like a never-satisfied… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
“The critic's aim should be to interpret the work they are writing about and help readers appreciate it, by defining and analysing… — David Cecil Copy Share Image
“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
“And criticism - what place is that to have in our culture? Well, I think that the first duty of an art… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I'm my biggest critic. I want there to be no flaws when you hear it. When I think that maybe it's ready,… — Keak da Sneak Copy Share Image
“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, yet enjoy a position over those who offer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
