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title: "5 Critic Knows Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [A critic knows more than the author he criticizes, or just as much, or at least somewhat less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-edward-manning/a-critic-knows-more-than-the-author-he-criticizes-or-just-as-much-or/)

[Henry Edward Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-edward-manning/)

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> [The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/the-dilemma-of-the-critic-has-always-been-that-if-he-knows-enough-to/)

[Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12c/raymond-chandler-629_authority_the-dilemma-of-the-critic-has-always-bee_1613816.jpg)

> [When a critic knows what she or he is looking at and writes revealingly about it, it's sublime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-saatchi/when-a-critic-knows-what-she-or-he-is-looking-at-and-writes/)

[Charles Saatchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-saatchi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/charles-saatchi-14210_critic_when-a-critic-knows-what-she-or-he-is-lo_1673429.png)

> [“A good critic knows that he or she can be wrong, as does a good writer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-merton/a-good-critic-knows-that-he-or-she-can-be-wrong-as-does-a-good-writer/)

[Andy Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-merton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/andy-merton-219338_writing_a-good-critic-knows-that-he-or-she-can-b_1846029.jpg)

> [“The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/the-dilemma-of-the-critic-has-always-been-that-if-he-knows-enough-to-2/)

[Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/raymond-chandler-629_craft_the-dilemma-of-the-critic-has-always-bee_2707569.jpg)

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