--- title: "24 Critics Think Quotes by 24 authors" description: "Browse 24 Critics Think quotes by 24 authors. Discover the best Critics Think sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/sol-lewitt-11839_art_artists-teach-critics-what-to-think-crit_229777.jpg" --- > [Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-lewitt/artists-teach-critics-what-to-think-critics-repeat-what-the-artists/) [Sol LeWitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-lewitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/sol-lewitt-11839_art_artists-teach-critics-what-to-think-crit_229777.jpg) > [I don't believe that anyone is not bothered by critics. I think that everybody cares.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miuccia-prada/i-don-t-believe-that-anyone-is-not-bothered-by-critics-i-think-that/) [Miuccia Prada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miuccia-prada/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/547/miuccia-prada-4179_believe_i-don-t-believe-that-anyone-is-not-bothe_2215283.jpg) > [But at 42, 1 don't care what critics think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hersch/but-at-42-1-don-t-care-what-critics-think/) [Fred Hersch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hersch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/fred-hersch-61068_care_but-at-42-1-don-t-care-what-critics-thin_2381108.jpg) > [Critics should think about how the opening weekend audience might want to discover some surprises for themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-wright/critics-should-think-about-how-the-opening-weekend-audience-might/) [Edgar Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/edgar-wright-3794_audience_critics-should-think-about-how-the-openi_2757507.jpg) > [You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-cage/you-can-t-make-your-choices-based-on-what-critics-think-you-have-to/) [Nicolas Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-cage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/nicolas-cage-1199_choice_you-can-t-make-your-choices-based-on-wha_2306570.jpg) > [I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/i-don-t-like-to-write-like-god-it-is-only-because-you-never-do-it/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/ernest-hemingway-83_god_i-don-t-like-to-write-like-god-it-is-onl_637961.jpg) > [The people who relate to Playboy, both readers and people who produce it, are not the way the critics think they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christie-hefner/the-people-who-relate-to-playboy-both-readers-and-people-who-produce/) [Christie Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christie-hefner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/christie-hefner-5263_books_the-people-who-relate-to-playboy-both-re_459431.png) > [The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-allen/the-great-mystery-to-me-is-how-restaurant-critics-think-they-can-get/) [Ted Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/ted-allen-12313_critics_the-great-mystery-to-me-is-how-restauran_114970.jpg) > [“A brick could be used to silence your critics. Think of it like a really thick and unchewy piece of chewing gum. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/a-brick-could-be-used-to-silence-your-critics-think-of-it-like-a/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/jarod-kintz-2_chewing-gum_a-brick-could-be-used-to-silence-your-cr_1033521.jpg) > [“For the critics who think Chesterton frivolous or 'paradoxical' I have to work hard to feel even pity; sympathy is out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/for-the-critics-who-think-chesterton-frivolous-or-paradoxical-i-have/) [C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/c-s-lewis-2-132_c-s-lewis_for-the-critics-who-think-chesterton-fri_1801894.png) > [Music critics think of lyrics first and don't consider melody but so many songs are lyrically depressing but musically great, and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aloe-blacc/music-critics-think-of-lyrics-first-and-don-t-consider-melody-but-so/) [Aloe Blacc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aloe-blacc/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea6/aloe-blacc-23268_critics_music-critics-think-of-lyrics-first-and_878119.png) > [There are some directors who actually fear the possible success of music. They fear that the audience or the critics will think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ennio-morricone/there-are-some-directors-who-actually-fear-the-possible-success-of/) [Ennio Morricone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ennio-morricone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/ennio-morricone-18006_fear_there-are-some-directors-who-actually-fe_523010.jpg) > [Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-raban/critics-don-t-talk-to-me-of-critics-you-think-some-jackanapes/) [Jonathan Raban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-raban/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/jonathan-raban-11981_art_critics-don-t-talk-to-me-of-critics-you_2033770.jpg) > [The worst advice? 'Don't listen to the critics.' I think that you really ought to listen to the critics, because sometimes they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-worst-advice-don-t-listen-to-the-critics-i-think-that-you-really/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/stephen-king-13_advice_the-worst-advice-don-t-listen-to-the-cri_2088.jpg) > [The thing about a music career is that it ain't over until the fat lady sings. Look at all the times people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-buckley/the-thing-about-a-music-career-is-that-it-ain-t-over-until-the-fat/) [Jeff Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-buckley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/408/jeff-buckley-2831_doing-things_the-thing-about-a-music-career-is-that-i_1198605.jpg) > [Critics think we try to make bad films. They think we want to spend five months of our lives making something bad.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-pine/critics-think-we-try-to-make-bad-films-they-think-we-want-to-spend/) [Chris Pine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-pine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbb/chris-pine-2168_always_critics-think-we-try-to-make-bad-films-t_2275534.png) > [There are many critics who think the megachurches thrive on people who enjoy dramatic Sunday services with fine music but don't wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-stark/there-are-many-critics-who-think-the-megachurches-thrive-on-people/) [Rodney Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-stark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/rodney-stark-7977_appeal_there-are-many-critics-who-think-the-meg_1460282.jpg) > [A lot of critics think I'm stupid because my sentences are so simple and my method is so direct: they think these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/a-lot-of-critics-think-i-m-stupid-because-my-sentences-are-so-simple/) [Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d4/kurt-vonnegut-41_critics_a-lot-of-critics-think-i-m-stupid-becaus_2001838.jpg) > [“He made writing look easy and critics hate that. They like evidence of a struggle, of creative agony, wringing the masterpiece out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-zafra/he-made-writing-look-easy-and-critics-hate-that-they-like-evidence-of/) [Jessica Zafra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-zafra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/jessica-zafra-9251_critics_he-made-writing-look-easy-and-critics-ha_2994740.jpg) > [In some ways, it is difficult for contemporary composers to find an audience. Both men and women would love a culture that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-harbach/in-some-ways-it-is-difficult-for-contemporary-composers-to-find-an/) [Barbara Harbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-harbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/barbara-harbach-27136_audience_in-some-ways-it-is-difficult-for-contemp_930312.jpg) > [I have always been very fond of them (drama critics) . . . I think it is so frightfully clever of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/i-have-always-been-very-fond-of-them-drama-critics-i-think-it-is-so/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e01/noel-coward-2647_clever_i-have-always-been-very-fond-of-them-dra_2325989.png) > [ \[On Malcolm Muggeridge:\] He thinks he was knocked off his horse by God, like St. Paul on the road to Damascus. His… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-whitehorn/on-malcolm-muggeridge-he-thinks-he-was-knocked-off-his-horse-by-god/) [Katharine Whitehorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-whitehorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/katharine-whitehorn-12429_age_on-malcolm-muggeridge-he-thinks-he-was-k_1760252.jpg) > [I think probably songwriters are gonna be the toughest critics... I think of it as a community. And we all sort of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-isbell/i-think-probably-songwriters-are-gonna-be-the-toughest-critics-i/) [Jason Isbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-isbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a80/jason-isbell-3520_community_i-think-probably-songwriters-are-gonna-b_2802910.jpg) > [I don't know what to say about literary critics. I think it's probably best to say nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/i-don-t-know-what-to-say-about-literary-critics-i-think-it-s-probably/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/salman-rushdie-153_best_i-don-t-know-what-to-say-about-literary_954166.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/critics-think/#itemlist", "name": "Critics Think Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Artists teach critics what to think. 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