Critic Quotes

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I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. — Jean-Michel Basquiat
A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such… — Joseph Addison
The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion. — Walter Benjamin
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. — Ambrose Bierce
I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it… — Theodore Bikel
A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender. — Jim Bishop
Be a doer and not a critic. — Tony Blair
I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes -… — Mary J. Blige
Now everyone is a critic. — Christina Aguilera
I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm… — Michael Caine
A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic. — Tony Campolo
Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of… — Raymond Chandler
Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation. — Paul Cezanne
He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is better to be making the news than taking it, to be an actor rather than a critic. — Winston Churchill
A critic once characterized baseball as six minutes of action crammed into two-and-one-half hours. — Ray Fitzgerald
I think the true gardener is a lover of his flowers, not a critic of them. I think the true gardener is the reverent servant… — Reginald Farrer
A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car. — Kenneth Tynan
The answer to injustice is not to silence the critic but to end the injustice. — Paul Robeson
The core of a soldier is moral discipline. It is intertwined with the discipline of physical and mental achievement. It motivates doing on your own… — William G. Bainbridge

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