Some critics claim to know what art has to be and do, and consider it their task to steer art along the… — Norbert Lynton Copy Share Image
What is a modern poet's fate? / To write his thoughts upon a slate; / The critic spits on what is done,… — Thomas Hood Copy Share Image
“Have you ever gotten a bad review, Master Huud?" "Hundreds of them." "Do they hurt?" "Of course. But you get over it.… — Katie Waitman Copy Share Image
Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing. — Harold Clurman Copy Share Image
“Of course, if I write a first-person novel about a woman writer, I am inviting every book reviewer to apply the autobiographical… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
All the London critics, including Kenneth Tynan and Harold Hobson, came down to Bristol to see 'The Crucible'. — Rosemary Harris Copy Share Image
If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
There is an odd assumption that compassion and care are finite or that critics can be everything to everyone - commenting on… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't care what the critics say. My fabulous mom will give me a good review if nobody else does... — Ginger Rogers Copy Share Image
My last series was on A.B.C., a one-hour called 'My Generation'. Critics liked it. I was on for two weeks, and that… — Warren Littlefield Copy Share Image
A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers. — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
Critics like Elvis Costello because critics are like Elvis Costello. — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
I am pushed by my critics. I don't want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on… — Hope Solo Copy Share Image
John Wilkes Booth, who said, Sorry, I thought he was a critic. Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons Copy Share Image
Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists. — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
I'm my own biggest critic, and the only way I'm going to improve is to see what I was doing wrong. — Chris Bosh Copy Share Image
Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
Most snarky critics had their minds set before ever seeing/playing the game. I'm proud of what we created; it's innovative, responsive &… — Tony Hawk Copy Share Image
The critics. When they're right, they're right for the wrong reasons. And they're usually wrong. — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
The critics are generally wrong, or they're fifteen, twenty years late. It's a great shame. They miss out on a lot. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The Bible has, amazingly- no doubt with supernatural grace-survived its critics. The harder tyrants try to eliminate it and skeptics dismiss it,… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of… — Elizabeth Berkley Copy Share Image
“ The Scholars "Bald heads forgetful of their sins, Old, learned, respectable bald heads Edit and annotate the lines That young men,… — W.B. Yeats Copy Share Image
