--- title: "14 Critics Quotes By Edward Albee" description: "14 Critics quotes by Edward Albee. Plus more from Edward Albee and more Critics sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/edward-albee-1684_audiences_the-difference-between-critics-and-audie_3198509.png" --- > [The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/the-difference-between-critics-and-audiences-is-that-one-is-a-group/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/edward-albee-1684_audiences_the-difference-between-critics-and-audie_3198509.png) > [Audiences and, to a large extent, critics who want less from theater than it is possible for it to give. If everybody's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/audiences-and-to-a-large-extent-critics-who-want-less-from-theater/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/edward-albee-1684_audience_audiences-and-to-a-large-extent-critics_480058.png) > [When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/when-a-critic-sets-himself-up-as-an-arbiter-of-morality-a-judge-of/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/859/edward-albee-1684_arbiter_when-a-critic-sets-himself-up-as-an-arbi_20729.png) > [Every writer's got to pay some attention, I suppose, to what his critics say because theirs is a reflection of what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/every-writer-s-got-to-pay-some-attention-i-suppose-to-what-his/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/edward-albee-1684_attention_every-writer-s-got-to-pay-some-attention_2748203.png) > [American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/american-critics-are-like-american-universities-they-both-have-dull/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/edward-albee-1684_american-universitie_american-critics-are-like-american-unive_2940634.png) > [I don't set out to write a play a year. Sometimes I've written two plays a year. There was a period of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-don-t-set-out-to-write-a-play-a-year-sometimes-i-ve-written-two/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/edward-albee-1684_actor_i-don-t-set-out-to-write-a-play-a-year-s_2378915.png) > [I think it is the responsibility of critics to rely less strenuously on, to use a Hollywood phrase, "what they can live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-think-it-is-the-responsibility-of-critics-to-rely-less-strenuously/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/edward-albee-1684_aesthetic_i-think-it-is-the-responsibility-of-crit_546199.png) > [The responsibility of the writer is to be a sort of demonic social critic -- to present the world and people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/the-responsibility-of-the-writer-is-to-be-a-sort-of-demonic-social/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/edward-albee-1684_critic_the-responsibility-of-the-writer-is-to-b_2814544.png) > [I think it's for the critics to decide whether or not their loathing of the play is based on something other than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-think-it-s-for-the-critics-to-decide-whether-or-not-their-loathing/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/edward-albee-1684_actor_i-think-it-s-for-the-critics-to-decide-w_2227694.png) > [I'm back in fashion again for a while now. But I imagine that three or four years from now I'll be out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-m-back-in-fashion-again-for-a-while-now-but-i-imagine-that-three-or/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/edward-albee-1684_crafts_i-m-back-in-fashion-again-for-a-while-no_148259.jpg) > [If you examine the history of any playwright of the past twenty - five or thirty years - I'm not talking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/if-you-examine-the-history-of-any-playwright-of-the-past-twenty-five/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/edward-albee-1684_actor_if-you-examine-the-history-of-any-playwr_363270.jpg) > [About four years ago I made a list, for my own amusement, of the playwrights, the contemporary playwrights, by whom critics said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/about-four-years-ago-i-made-a-list-for-my-own-amusement-of-the/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/edward-albee-1684_actor_about-four-years-ago-i-made-a-list-for-m_1695630.png) > [A rather ugly thing starts happening: the playwright finds himself knocked down for works that quite often are just as good or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/a-rather-ugly-thing-starts-happening-the-playwright-finds-himself/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/edward-albee-1684_accused_a-rather-ugly-thing-starts-happening-the_2159132.jpg) > [You find very few critics who approach their job with a combination of information and enthusiasm and humility that makes for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/you-find-very-few-critics-who-approach-their-job-with-a-combination/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/edward-albee-1684_approach_you-find-very-few-critics-who-approach-t_887773.jpg) ## Other authors on Critics ## More by Edward Albee > [School curricula that ignore the arts produce highly educated Barbarians](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/school-curricula-that-ignore-the-arts-produce-highly-educated/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/when-a-critic-sets-himself-up-as-an-arbiter-of-morality-a-judge-of/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [When people don't like the way a play ends, they're likely to blame the play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/when-people-don-t-like-the-way-a-play-ends-they-re-likely-to-blame/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [In a democracy you cannot stop public access to that art that will most misinform the people. You cannot stop people from being misinformed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/in-a-democracy-you-cannot-stop-public-access-to-that-art-that-will/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [Creativity is magic. Don't examine it too closely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/creativity-is-magic-don-t-examine-it-too-closely/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [When people can't abide things as they are, when they can't abide the present, they do one of two things ... either they ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/when-people-can-t-abide-things-as-they-are-when-they-can-t-abide-the/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [“Lady, you can’t fuck a metaphor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/lady-you-can-t-fuck-a-metaphor/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [I write to find out what I'm talking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-write-to-find-out-what-i-m-talking-about/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [I know playwrights who like to kid themselves into saying that their characters are so well formed that they just take over. They determine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-know-playwrights-who-like-to-kid-themselves-into-saying-that-their/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [The greatest problem with Irish Wolfhounds, though, is that they don't live very long: their great hearts give out. A good deal of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/the-greatest-problem-with-irish-wolfhounds-though-is-that-they-don-t/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [Dashed hopes and good intentions. Good, better, best, bested.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/dashed-hopes-and-good-intentions-good-better-best-bested/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [Writing has got to be an act of discovery…I write to find out what I'm thinking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/writing-has-got-to-be-an-act-of-discovery-i-write-to-find-out-what-i/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [I'm back in fashion again for a while now. But I imagine that three or four years from now I'll be out again. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-m-back-in-fashion-again-for-a-while-now-but-i-imagine-that-three-or/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/what-people-really-want-in-the-theater-is-fantasy-involvement-and-not/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) > [Art should never try to be popular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/art-should-never-try-to-be-popular/) [Edward Albee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-albee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/critics/edward-albee/#itemlist", "name": "14 Critics Quotes By Edward Albee", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Albee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/the-difference-between-critics-and-audiences-is-that-one-is-a-group/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/edward-albee-1684_audiences_the-difference-between-critics-and-audie_3198509.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/edward-albee-1684_audiences_the-difference-between-critics-and-audie_3198509.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/edward-albee-1684_audiences_the-difference-between-critics-and-audie_3198509.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not.” — Edward Albee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Audiences and, to a large extent, critics who want less from theater than it is possible for it to give. 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If you don't like it, change it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Albee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/the-responsibility-of-the-writer-is-to-be-a-sort-of-demonic-social/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/edward-albee-1684_critic_the-responsibility-of-the-writer-is-to-b_2814544.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/edward-albee-1684_critic_the-responsibility-of-the-writer-is-to-b_2814544.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6e/edward-albee-1684_critic_the-responsibility-of-the-writer-is-to-b_2814544.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The responsibility of the writer is to be a sort of demonic social critic -- to present the world and people…” — Edward Albee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think it's for the critics to decide whether or not their loathing of the play is based on something other than the play's merits or demerits. They must search their own souls, or whatever.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Edward Albee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-albee/i-think-it-s-for-the-critics-to-decide-whether-or-not-their-loathing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/edward-albee-1684_actor_i-think-it-s-for-the-critics-to-decide-w_2227694.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/edward-albee-1684_actor_i-think-it-s-for-the-critics-to-decide-w_2227694.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/edward-albee-1684_actor_i-think-it-s-for-the-critics-to-decide-w_2227694.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think it's for the critics to decide whether or not their loathing of the play is based on something other…” — Edward Albee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm back in fashion again for a while now. 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