A critic is someone who enters the battlefield after the war is over and shoots the wounded. — Murray Kempton Copy Share Image
I'm the worst critic about music myself. I hardly ever, every like something the first time I listen to it. So I've… — Marc Martel Copy Share Image
“The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
The trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The critic does his utmost to blight genius in its infancy; that which rises in spite of him he will not see;… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
I don’t believe that a reviewer or a critic can really criticize well unless he can praise well. — James Dickey Copy Share Image
No publisher should ever express an opinion of the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I am not a food critic. Or a chef. Or even a professional writer. What I am schooled in the art of,… — Jewel Staite Copy Share Image
My criticism hasn't necessarily been informed by the critics I've read. The conversations I've had with friends and fellow musicians have shaped… — Sasha Frere-Jones Copy Share Image
I remember the early 1980s, when I first got one of these fabulous film critic jobs. The downside was sitting through 'Splatteria… — Stephen Hunter Copy Share Image
The artist usually sets out -- or used to -- to point a moral and adorn a tale. The tale, however, points… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for Rolling Stone for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
A critic is never too severe when he only detects the faults of an author. But he is worse than too severe… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
“The self-centered man will always expect nothing but praise. He will hope and expect all incoming criticism to be mere self-projection from… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“The critics often invent authors; they select two dissimilar works - the Tao Te Ching and the 1001 Nights, say - attribute… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Most of us live for the critic, and he lives on us. He doesn't sacrifice himself. He gets so much a line… — William Morris Hunt Copy Share Image
At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that. — Francois Truffaut Copy Share Image
It would not be fair to the critics of Rotary, who include some of the most brilliant of the British and American… — Paul Harris Copy Share Image
I'm probably my biggest critic. There's nothing anyone can ask of me that I haven't already asked of myself. — Jhene Aiko Copy Share Image
Critics for established venues are vetted by editors; they usually demonstrate a certain objectivity; and they come with known backgrounds and specialized… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
“but remember that every critic loves to judge that which he wishes he had the nerve to do himself. I” — Christopher Greenwood Copy Share Image
I think every athlete is their own biggest critic. That's just who we are. We're so competitive. — Marcus Smart Copy Share Image
Perfection is an imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Be your own biggest critic. Don't let someone else beat you to constructive criticism. — Christina Tosi Copy Share Image
I never really thought of myself as a TV critic. I was presenting TV before I was writing about it. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
the labors of the true critic are more essential to the author, even, than to the reader. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
He is only a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of the Conservative. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
If the function of the artist is to see, the first duty of the critic is to understand what the artist saw. — J. E. H. MacDonald Copy Share Image
A critic should always strive to recapture the sense of wonder and surprise with which he first beheld a now-familiar work of… — Terry Teachout Copy Share Image
I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it's not possible to write criticism if… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
“Imitations produce pain or pleasure, not because they are mistaken for realities, but because they bring realities to mind.” — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“We all can give in to our inner critic. I don’t know about you, but I would never allow anyone to speak… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I owe a great deal to Harold Hobson, doyen drama critic of the 'U.K. Sunday Times,' who championed me as Shakespeare's Richard… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I'm one of those directors who read reviews, even if they're bad, because I started as a film critic as a cinema… — Luca Guadagnino Copy Share Image
Critics are the biggest haters, movie critics I'd love to read your script, Food critics I'd love to taste your recipe. — GuyCode Copy Share Image
I don't think you ever silence critics. They'll be critics in the morning. That's part of the deal. — Mack Brown Copy Share Image
“Respond to critics with humility. Most people are experts in finding problems with whatever others do. That should not be a surprise… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
