I am strongly convinced that the people or society is the best and the most unerring critic. — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share Image
I have always noticed that when people consider others eccentric, it is because they are reveling in some form of enjoyment that… — Mabel Osgood Wright Copy Share Image
No publisher should ever express an opinion of the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary… — Oscar Wilde 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
All the critics who could not make their reputations by discovering you are hoping to make them by predicting hopefully your approaching… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Fetty Wap is a soldier, father, a mentor, a leader for people that I never thought I'd be a leader for. A… — Fetty Wap Copy Share Image
There is one gratification an old author can afford a certain class of critics; that namely, of comparing him as he is… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
It's good to have critics because that's what motivates you and helps you take your game to another level, They talked about… — Michael Vick Copy Share Image
Critics are like horse-flies which hinder the horses in their plowing of the soil. The horse works, all its muscles drawn tight… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
What they [critics of Lessing's switch to science fiction] didn't realize was that in science fiction is some of the best social… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Nudity in photography, whether involving adults or children, is a subject sinking under a freight of political and moral disapproval it could… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I was doing a play in New York, which we had done in New Haven, Connecticut. It was an American premiere of… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
The reason I love blogs so much right now is that I am seeing more critical voices appear, and that's kind of… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Life is a very orderly thing, but in fiction there is a huge liberation and freedom. I can do what I like.… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
Christianity does not involve the belief that all things were made for man. it does involve the belief that god loves man… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
What I like about sceptics is that in good science you need critics that make you think: 'Crumbs, have I made a… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Like most people, I've always felt using words like 'best' when applied to art is a fun way for critics to stay… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
I've had so many critics over the past couple of months. I've had so many people who said I'm too old for… — Ashley Wagner Copy Share Image
The creator gives no heed to the critic unless he becomes a barren inventor. — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
I can certainly be my own worst critic and oftentimes forget to enjoy the here and now. — Tricia Helfer Copy Share Image
Most critics of gender division are women, and they're worried about girls and the roles presented for them by gendered entertainments. They… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
I would be wonderful with a 100-year moratorium on literature talk, if you shut down all literature departments, close the book reviews,… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image