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Critic Quotes by Roger Ebert
- I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win.
- Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary critic Northrup Frye,…
- I know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my great sophistication. No…
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- In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society… — Karl Marx
- 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
- The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas… — Walter Benjamin
- I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when… — Theodore Bikel
- 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 is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car. — Kenneth Tynan