I always loved 'The Critic' and how specifically 'New York' it was. — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
I haven't read a single word that a critic has written about me since 1994. — Michael Mayer Copy Share Image
“I’ve realised that anyone can be a critic but it takes a remarkable person to offer praise.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
The critic who justly admires all kinds of things simultaneously cannot love any one of them. — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them. — John Simm Copy Share Image
“One problem with the work of the New Critics was that their close readings, no matter how brilliant, could not deliver all… — Jewel Spears Brooker Copy Share Image
The critics are like tourists who return from a trip saying they've "done" Machu Picchu: "Okay, we've done magical realism," so now… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon. — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Well, I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people… — Antony Gormley Copy Share Image
The sincere artist is usually his own best critic, but continuous and prolonged work on one painting will sometimes dull his judgment...… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
Critics are biased, and so are readers. (Indeed, a critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of… — Whitney Balliett Copy Share Image
I'm from the beatnik generation, where everybody wanted to be a poet or writer or something. And at that time, I was… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
The most accomplished literary work would be reduced to nothing by carping criticism, if the author would listen to all critics and… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I don't focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Performers put their heart and soul into their art, and can be subject to highly personal attacks and criticism. The tone and… — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
Do not be critics, you people, I beg you. I was a critic and I wish I could take it all back… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The critical sense is so far from frequent that it is absolutely rare, and the possession of the cluster of qualities that… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. The power of invention has been conferred… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“A good critic is trying to tell you what she has learned about herself from the reading of a particular piece of… — Kevin Guilfoile Copy Share Image
Music critics are, for the most part, bitter people who are intent at dragging people down for being successful at what they… — Paul Stanley Copy Share Image
I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
