Critics Quotes

1359 Critics quotes by 983 unique authors

I love magazines and film critics, so I eat it up. I'm not one of those people who says 'I never read anything.' I generally… — Judd Apatow
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 we are any good we must always be working towards the moment at which our Pupils are fit to become our Critics & Rivals — C.S. Lewis
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
Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart. — John Updike
You cannot lecture on really pure poetry any more than you can talk about the ingredients of pure water-it is adulterated, methylated, sanded poetry that… — Virginia Woolf
Great critics do not explicate a text; they describe it and then report on what they have described, if the description itself is not the… — Gore Vidal
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. — Jean Cocteau
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
If the men of wit and genius would resolve never to complain in their works of critics and detractors, the next age would not know… — Jonathan Swift
I'm not a comedian. I can play off of people, but I'm not that guy. I don't want people being like, 'Yeah, he should have… — Channing Tatum
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
If certain Critics were as clearsighted as they are malignant, how great would be the benefit to be derived from their writings! — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Great critics, of whom there are piteously few, build a home for the truth. — Raymond Chandler
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
For some reason most critics have a hard time fixing their minds directly under their noses, and before they see the object that is there… — Allen Tate
The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem. — Allen Tate
Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes I feel rather proud of having made various the loathsome… — Orson Scott Card
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

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