The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
“CRITIC OR CITRIC? Anagram of ordinary passing judgement on talented Kamil Ali” — Kamil Ali Copy Share Image
I've always said that an art critic can put aside politics around art. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
My mother didn't raise me to be a critic, but I seem to have become one anyway. — John Updike Copy Share Image
I've been all over the world and I've never seen a statue of a critic. — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
I definitely think I put more pressure on myself. I can be hard on myself and super-critical and very rarely satisfied or… — Allyson Felix Copy Share Image
I am my biggest critic. Even in films where people said they liked me, I have disliked myself. — Samantha Akkineni Copy Share Image
When I am on E! for the 'Fashion Police,' I only care about being a critic. It loses me many friends. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Yes, I tend to be self-critical at times. This is because during my cancer period - while I was going through the… — Manisha Koirala Copy Share Image
“Make no mistake. You are your most important critic and your conscience your most important judge of character.” — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
“Has anybody ever seen a drama critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.” — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
A work, however, should be judged by its design and its execution, and not by any preconceived notion of what it ought… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot minute. I like criticism.… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
It is wrong to be harsh with the New York critics, unless one admits in the same breath that it is a… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
I would never really analyse what I do. I leave that to other people - I'm not a critic. I just want… — Dylan Moran Copy Share Image
As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want. That's the point… — David Slade Copy Share Image
I realized that everybody is a critic. They're going to say they hate you, they love you, they this, they that, but… — Logic Copy Share Image
You can get a million different opinions from different people, but I always like to watch myself to see what I did… — Mandy Rose Copy Share Image
Critics should help people see for themselves; they should never try to define things, or impose their own explanations, though I admit… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
Cinema builds memories; great films continue to exist in the spectator's mind. We are naturally capable of and prone to nostalgia. A… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You find very few critics who approach their job with a combination of information and enthusiasm and humility that makes for a… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I guess it really didn't even dawn on me that you could be a rock critic as a job until I was… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Being critical of art is a way of showing art respect. No sports writer would say, "Well the Yankees had a great… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
“The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
To be a textual critic requires aptitude for thinking and willingness to think; and though it also requires other things, those things… — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
Edmund Wilson was our greatest American literary critic because he was more than a literary critic: He was a fearless, even radical… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
