I wanted to get my movie noticed WITHOUT spending any ad money. So I made a bit of a spectacle. I recorded… — Kevin Smith Copy Share Image
For the critic, criticism is a form of natural self-expression, as poetry is to the poet. So, for a critic, criticism is… — Helen Vendler Copy Share Image
The average English critic is a don manqué, hopelessly parochial when not exaggeratedly teutonophile, over whose desk must surely hang the motto… — Constant Lambert Copy Share Image
Films are dreams. Many, many critics say to me that my films are not good because they are too unbelievable, but this… — Dario Argento 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
No, writing musicals is the hardest thing in the world. And it was really funny, because I remember when the South Park… — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
The same critics who destroyed 'Seven Streams' when we opened in Edinburgh - and yes, it was horrible - called it one… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
I have been lucky that some critics joined the mob in loving something I've done, or in appreciating it. I've been lucky.… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Those advocates who work for world peace by urging a system of world government are called impractical dreamers. Those impractical dreamers are… — Walter Cronkite 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
The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
America gave the world the notion of the melting pot - an alchemical cooking device wherein diverse ethnic and religious groups voluntarily… — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
Those who closely watched the campaign should not be surprised by Obama's hostility toward Israel, given his relations with pro-Palestinian, virulent critics… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
But thankfully, my first album, 'Wide Screen,' was sort of a critics' darling - everyone raved about it, but no one bought… — Rupert Holmes Copy Share Image
I tried not to listen very much to the critics. I know that whenever you do something, you must have a lot… — Benedetta Tagliabue 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
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
We have lit upon the gentle, sensitive mind And lost the old nonchalance of the hand; Whether we have chosen chisel, pen… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
“Anyone who finds himself incapable of grasping the complexities of a work hides his withdrawal behind the most superficial pretext because he… — Julio Cortázar Copy Share Image
During my military service, I performed a sketch in which I played a flea called Max. So when critics kept misspelling my… — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
It used to worry me what people said about me. I'm learning not to worry as much. Sometimes you feel critics are… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
My tough and grotesque images were thrown on the roads and were stepped on by my critics, and I was talked about… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
In truth, even if they have an imperfect insight into their own methods, I still slightly mistrust writers of fiction who are… — Will Self Copy Share Image
They were wrestling with canvases, using violent colors and huge brush strokes. I arrived with gray, silent, sober, oppressed paintings. One critic… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should do this. It will look good.' Or… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“The eldest was a musician, the second painted remarkably well, but this had not been generally known till lately and had only… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Aristotle was the first accurate critic and truest judge nay, the greatest philosopher the world ever had; for he noted the vices… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if… — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
“Whereas art critics are ready to accept-indeed are looking for-the new fabrication of a consistent visual language, architectural critics, like the general… — Charles Jencks Copy Share Image
Why movie and dance critics are taking 'The Company' seriously, I can't imagine. Are they impressed by Altman's reputation and naive sincerity?… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
I like Nora Ephron. She wasn't a critic in the strictest sense of the word, but she did a lot of social… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
I don't want to be a part of the demographics. I want to be an individual. I wear each of my films… — John Carpenter Copy Share Image
I could never do a show, or be a personality like Howard Stern, where you take all that heat from critics. What… — Chuck Barris Copy Share Image
Meryl [Stripe]spoke out about the low percentage of female critics on Rotten Tomatoes. Why are there 760 male critics and just 168… — Catherine Hardwicke Copy Share Image
Ballet in September used to be dead as a dodo. Now, with City Ballet's ingenious decision to give us four weeks of… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“I don’t generally publicly respond to reviews, no matter how wrong-headed or perspicacious I think them. Nine times out of ten, writers’… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
Farber had a huge effect on me as a writer. I don't mean I write like him. Farber is, first of all,… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
When critics talk about Three, they talk about 'Don't Tell the Bride' and 'Snog Marry Avoid?,' but we're also making important documentaries.… — Stacey Dooley Copy Share Image
Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image