Critics Quotes

1359 Critics quotes by 983 unique authors

You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot… — Samuel Johnson
I never read anything concerning my work. I feel that criticism is a letter to the public which the author, since it is not directed… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest! — Arthur Conan Doyle
We don't criticize. Criticism is an enemy. You've got to make loving, positive suggestions. — Dorothy Sarnoff
The critics are generally wrong, or they're fifteen, twenty years late. It's a great shame. They miss out on a lot. — Ray Bradbury
A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution. — Dustin Hoffman
When people (talk trash) about you, you have to keep it moving, keep the records hot and keep your head up. — Ashanti
The simplest kind of guidance (critique) comes every day, and many times a day in the form of discomfort. — Barbara Brennan
Criticism challenges current findings. The effort to defend one's position can lead to deeper insights or consideration of options previously not considered. — Robert Redford
People call you this or that. But I can't respond because then it seems like I'm defensive, you know, what does it matter, really? — Bob Dylan
The naysayers, they don't mean a thing. — Venus Williams
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. — Bill Parcells
People who are criticizing... don't really get it, because if they did, they would like it. — Gwyneth Paltrow
We read critics for the perceptions, for what they tell us that we didn't fully grasp when we saw the work. The judgments we can… — Pauline Kael
He [Zampano] probably would of insisted on corrections and edits, he was his own harshest critic, but I've come to believe errors, especially written errors,… — Mark Z. Danielewski
Critics don't want to see directors they like make too much of a left turn. That's good for criticism. — Quentin Tarantino
Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers. — Frederic Chopin
IMBECILITY, n. A kind of divine inspiration, or sacred fire affecting censorious critics of this dictionary. — Ambrose Bierce
Be a role model not a critic. Don't tell your children, your peers, or your subordinates what to do - show them. And when the… — Denis Waitley
I don't like it when they [media critics] see me as this little person who doesn't know what to do with herself -- like I… — Whitney Houston
If you write something and they all tell you it is bad - editors, critics, everybody - think it over and you may become convinced… — Brenda Ueland
Some find it easier to bend their knees than their minds. Exciting exploration is preferred to plodding implementation; speculation seems more fun than consecration, and… — Neal A. Maxwell
You have to remain flexible, and you must be your own critic at all times. — Hans Zimmer
We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. When your writing blooms out… — Natalie Goldberg
Your destiny is not determined by your critics. Focus on running your own race. — Joel Osteen

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