--- title: "7 Critical Response Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Critical Response quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Critical Response sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/lynne-ramsay-5168_cinema_i-think-ratcatcher-broke-even-as-a-film_438401.jpg" --- > [I think 'Ratcatcher' broke even as a film, but it got a good critical response. I think that people knew that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-ramsay/i-think-ratcatcher-broke-even-as-a-film-but-it-got-a-good-critical/) [Lynne Ramsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-ramsay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/lynne-ramsay-5168_cinema_i-think-ratcatcher-broke-even-as-a-film_438401.jpg) > [The final evaluation of a play has nothing to do with immediate audience or critical response.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/the-final-evaluation-of-a-play-has-nothing-to-do-with-immediate/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/edward-albee-1684_audience_the-final-evaluation-of-a-play-has-nothi_794666.png) > [I kind of dread any kind of critical response, just because it's always painful in some way. Even if it's 80 percent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-duchovny/i-kind-of-dread-any-kind-of-critical-response-just-because-it-s/) [David Duchovny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-duchovny/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/david-duchovny-1754_dread_i-kind-of-dread-any-kind-of-critical-res_857177.jpg) > [One thing I don't do anymore is read or pay attention to the critical response, which is a bummer because when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/casey-affleck/one-thing-i-don-t-do-anymore-is-read-or-pay-attention-to-the-critical/) [Casey Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/casey-affleck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/casey-affleck-3849_attention_one-thing-i-don-t-do-anymore-is-read-or_2027831.jpg) > [A good poem is not completely a poem until it has received a critical response that grows out of the poem in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-longley/a-good-poem-is-not-completely-a-poem-until-it-has-received-a-critical/) [Michael Longley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-longley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/michael-longley-26639_critical_a-good-poem-is-not-completely-a-poem-unt_2366253.jpg) > [I find relatively little relationship between the work of art and the immediate critical response it gets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-find-relatively-little-relationship-between-the-work-of-art-and-the/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/edward-albee-1684_art_i-find-relatively-little-relationship-be_2426068.png) > [You hope that people read your book and say "Yes, this is the way it is or could be." But then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-cormier/you-hope-that-people-read-your-book-and-say-yes-this-is-the-way-it-is/) [Robert Cormier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-cormier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/robert-cormier-6436_book_you-hope-that-people-read-your-book-and_2802488.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/critical-response/#itemlist", "name": "Critical Response Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think 'Ratcatcher' broke even as a film, but it got a good critical response. I think that people knew that it wasn't going to be a conventional piece of work, but they were still willing to invest in it. 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