It's very important to remember that the philosophers were social dissidents. They were social critics. The man in the street or woman… — Rebecca Goldstein Copy Share Image
To me, a critic is someone who gets paid for their opinion, and they're entitled to that opinion but I don't really… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
Most literary critics agree that fiction cannot be reduced to mere falsehood. Well-crafted protagonists come to life, pornography causes orgasms, and the… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Critics get a little carried away with what someone should have done, rather than what he did. — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
As the great naturalist Charles Darwin saw clearly, individual and collective interests often coincide, as in the invisible hand narrative. But he… — Bob Frank Copy Share Image
The writer works on the inside and the critic works on the outside. I don't know what it looks like on the… — Barry Lopez Copy Share Image
I know that a ridiculous number of classic serials have been commissioned, and that reviews show a reaction against them. The critics… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
I am relatively familiar with getting a good old rumping from the critics. In some cases, the critics just didn't like the… — Guy Ritchie Copy Share Image
The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
The nearest approach to the infallible in literary judgment is represented in the colossal work of the teacher of all these three… — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Copy Share Image
On Capitol Hill, the Republican-controlled House voted mostly along party lines tonight to pass President Bush's federal budget blueprint. This includes his… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
Critics have a job to do. They do not criticise you without reason. — Abhishek Bachchan Copy Share Image
So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
Some critics of racing witlessly claim that spectators only attend to see someone die. This is utter and complete nonsense. I have… — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
The music critic, Huneber, could never quite make up his mind about a new symphony until he had seen the composer's mistress. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The modern minds in each generation are the critics who preserve us from a petrifying world, who will not leave us to… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
Let's find and remedy all our weaknesses before our enemies get a chance to say a word. That is what Charles Darwin… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
I intensely dislike the word 'critic,' because it puts you in an antagonistic position to artists. I've learned everything that I know… — Lucy R. Lippard Copy Share Image
I think something happens with age. And I find this really a lot in what I read from certain art critics: For… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
“I am not perfect, but if I looked perfect to everyone I must have been rocking imperfect perfectly to a few imperfect… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Literature remains an indispensable human activity, in which the reader and the writer are engaged of their own volition. Hence, literature has… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
