The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action. — John Mason Brown Copy Share Image
Readers, not critics, are the people who determine a book's eventual fate. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel? — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
“Critics: In your sight no woman can win: keep you out, and she's too tight; she's too loose if you get in.” — Juana Inés de la Cruz Copy Share Image
Critics of Donald Trump take him literally, but not seriously. His supporters take him seriously, but not literally. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
At art school you realize that in order to stay engaged you have to ignore the critics, good and bad. — Samuel Ervin Beam Copy Share Image
You have an internal critic, an internal drive that says, 'OK, you can do more.' Maybe that's what keeps you going. — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
It is both possible (and even necessary) to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects. — Anita Sarkeesian Copy Share Image
Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
I don't have any special advice for America's women, except to know who you are and to put your priorities in order… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
The censors have always had a field day with James Joyce, specifically with 'Ulysses,' but also with his other writings. The conventional… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
Oh, stuff the critics. I don't care. Too many people are snooty about classical. Look, I wasn't brought up in a home… — Katherine Jenkins Copy Share Image
Critics stopped being relevant when they stopped writing to inform and contextualize, and when they started writing to signal who they are,… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
When, in 1913, in a desperate attempt to rid art of the ballast of objectivity, I took refuge in the form of… — Kazimir Malevich Copy Share Image
The Michelle Obama that her old friends remember, that people knew in Chicago, she was a really incisive social critic. She knew… — Jodi Kantor Copy Share Image
Americans have a taste for…rocking-chairs. A flippant critic might suggest that they select rocking-chairs so that, even when they are sitting down,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A critic can call any poem 'doggerel.' That is no more than a slur. 'Doggerel' or 'maudlin' or 'sappy' or 'sentimental' is… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
Early in my career, a critic said that I needed to "explain" the irony in my work, suggesting that I needed to… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
After all, we scientific workers ... like women, are the victims of fashion: at one time we wear dissociated ions, at another… — Henry Edward Armstrong Copy Share Image
“If God has given you a mission, you must be tough enough to handle what people say and still not be distracted… — Bishop T.D. Jakes Copy Share Image
As a critic, I try to stay neutral about movies before I see them, but I really wanted "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" to… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
You worthy critics, or whatever you may call yourselves, are ashamed or afraid of the momentary and passing madness which is found… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
It is easy now for critics to claim that the work was poor; they haven't produced their own analyses or confronted any… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
