Critic Quotes

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Diebenkorn was a very good critic, a very tough critic, tough on himself, tough on others. He expected the finest. — Wayne Thiebaud
Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for… — Theodore Roosevelt
It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena... — Theodore Roosevelt
The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic -- the man who actually does the work, even if… — Theodore Roosevelt
Any one who chooses will set up for a literary critic, though he cannot tell us where he went to school, or how much time… — Saint Basil
Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and… — Saint Basil
Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It's so much easier to be a critic… — Maria Popova
Sometimes I'd like everybody who is stuck, or lost, or vacant to stay that way and keep silent for as long as it takes, but… — David Toop
People become discouraged when they listen to their 'inner critic'... Whatever that voice is saying, articulate a response, drawing from the part of you that… — Lauren Mackler
It's much tougher to be a restaurant critic now. You have to take a subway out to Brooklyn. I wouldn't want to do it. — Mimi Sheraton
Probably you have noted the resemblance of the critic to the crank. — E. W. Howe
Women in music have the bigger balls anyhow we endure much more harassment and critic. — Iggy Azalea
I love to see the rarest movies, the most talked-about movies and documentaries. I read all the reviews and compare them to see if its… — Theophilus London
Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to read the true… — Criss Jami
The method of the critic is to balance praises with censure, and thus to do justice to the subject and--his own discrimination. — Christian Nestell Bovee
A critic recently described me, with deadly acuteness, as having 'a kindly dislike of my fellow-creatures.' Perhaps dread would have been nearer the mark than… — George Bernard Shaw
Criticism discloses that which it would fain conceal, but conceals that which it professes to disclose; it is therefore, read by the discerning, not to… — Charles Caleb Colton
Aristotle was the first accurate critic and truest judge nay, the greatest philosopher the world ever had; for he noted the vices of all knowledges,… — Ben Jonson
The critic lives at second hand. He writes about. The poem, the novel, or the play must be given to him; criticism exists by the… — George Steiner
I am a critic who is pulled toward history. But Bob Dylan himself is a great historian. He is an historian who acts out history.… — Greil Marcus

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