The literary critic, or the critic of any other specific form of artistic expression, may detach himself from the world for as… — Clive James Copy Share Image
Despite the international scientific community's consensus on climate change, a small number of critics continue to deny that climate change exists or… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
We read critics for the perceptions, for what they tell us that we didn't fully grasp when we saw the work. The… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste. — Whitney Balliett Copy Share Image
So many book sections in newspapers and magazines used to be lively and vibrant places. Now they are gone. You just don't… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings. — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
When I was a younger man, art was a lonely thing. No galleries, no collectors, no critics, no money. Yet, it was… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
Where the Old Masters created an illusion of space into which one could imagine walking, the illusion created by a Modernist is… — Clement Greenberg Copy Share Image
The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The new illiteracy is about more than not knowing how to read the book or the word; it is about not knowing… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Men over forty are no judges of a book written in a new spirit. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The No. 1 quote critics give me is, 'Thom, your work is irrelevant.' Now, that's a fascinating, fascinating comment. Yes, irrelevant to… — Thomas Kinkade Copy Share Image
Good advice is correcting when someone is wrong not criticizing them — Emanuel Sebastiao Copy Share Image
Ask a writer what he thinks about critics and the answer you get is similar to what you get when you ask… — Bert Sugar Copy Share Image
The way I try to explain it the best is that if Critic A from publication A hates our show, and Critic… — Thomas Sadoski Copy Share Image
I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I have always been accused of taking the things I love – football, of course, but also books and records – much… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Critics, often for good reason, are concerned that the Fed is wielding its vast powers in the interests of the banks and… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
Poetry is often very critical of the culture from which it emerges. Quite often literary critics of a nationalist bent talk up… — Edna Longley Copy Share Image
There is always an audience for different individuals, but critics sometimes stop the audience finding the show and the show finding the… — Richard O'Brien Copy Share Image
Some critics said, 'Hey, why are you writing historical novels?' I say they're not historical, they're contemporary, because people walking around who… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
