Critic Quotes

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The critic, to interpret his artist, even to understand his artist, must be able to get into the mind of his artist; he must feel… — H. L. Mencken
At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that. — Francois Truffaut
A nasty day! A nasty day! 'Twas thus I heard a critic say Because the skies were bleak and grayâ€” And yet it somehow seemed… — John Kendrick Bangs
It is essential for the good of criticism that both the critic and the public face the fact that a review is not the voice… — Judith Crist
If art is to have a special train, the critic must keep some seats reserved on it. — Oscar Wilde
Artists reproduce themselves or each other, with wearisome iteration. But criticism is always moving on, and the critic is always developing. — Oscar Wilde
No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide.… — Oscar Wilde
An art critic is someone who appreciates art, except for any particular piece of art. — Robert Breault
The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. — Robert Breault
A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist. — E. M. Forster
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author. — Isaac D'Israeli
In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general… — Karl Marx
However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long… — Ted Allen
The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem. — Allen Tate
A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is… — Kenneth Tynan
A good critic is the sorcerer who makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our feet. — Francois Mauriac
The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action. — John Mason Brown
The critic who justly admires all kinds of things simultaneously cannot love any one of them. — Max Beerbohm
No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite. — Federico Fellini
The literary critic, or the critic of any other specific form of artistic expression, may detach himself from the world for as long as the… — Clive James

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