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title: "7 Critics Disagree Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/all-art-is-at-once-surface-and-symbol-those-who-go-beneath-the/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [“The historian, predisposed to verbal evidence, who reads about rather than looks at objects, becomes dependent upon secondhand impressions and is helpless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-handlin/the-historian-predisposed-to-verbal-evidence-who-reads-about-rather/)

[Oscar Handlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-handlin/)

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> [Have you ever noticed how most critics disagree with the public? That should tell you a lot about critics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shia-labeouf/have-you-ever-noticed-how-most-critics-disagree-with-the-public-that/)

[Shia LaBeouf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shia-labeouf/)

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> [When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/when-critics-disagree-the-artist-is-in-accord-with-himself/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/oscar-wilde-16_accord_when-critics-disagree-the-artist-is-in-a_708734.jpg)

> [Of the modern critics, although I disagree with almost everything she says, I admire Mary McCarthy's eloquence and social observation in 'Sights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lahr/of-the-modern-critics-although-i-disagree-with-almost-everything-she/)

[John Lahr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lahr/)

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> [“Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree the artist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/diversity-of-opinion-about-a-work-of-art-shows-that-the-work-is-new-2/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [Sometimes critics disagree with the audience, and that's fine. I make movies for the audience. I guess I hope that the critics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-mazin/sometimes-critics-disagree-with-the-audience-and-that-s-fine-i-make/)

[Craig Mazin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-mazin/)

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