Critics Quotes

1359 Critics quotes by 983 unique authors

In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one why it matters to read. — Harold Bloom
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
I'm too rich to care what the critics say. — Mel Gibson
I'm told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring. — Roger Ebert
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
Some Critics on the Hearth are not only good-natured, but have rather too high, or, if that is impossible, let us say too pronounced, an… — James Payn
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
I won't quit until I get run over by a truck, a producer or a critic. — Jack Lemmon
To arrange a library is to practice in a quiet and modest way the art of criticism. — Jorge Luis Borges
I think my expectations for myself are much more severe and much more direct. You can't work on a film for six years without being… — Ken Burns
A critic is a lug-worm in the liver of literature. — Lawrence Durrell
I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic… — John Lahr
Of the modern critics, although I disagree with almost everything she says, I admire Mary McCarthy's eloquence and social observation in 'Sights and Spectacles'; she… — John Lahr
The New Yorker's' drama critics have always had a comparable authority because, for the most part, the magazine made it a practice to employ critics… — John Lahr
What critics often ask for is the impossible, though this may be a salutary means of extending the borders of art. — Anthony Burgess
Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything… — Jonathan Raban
If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility. — Leonard Maltin
My experience in the music industry made me very thick-skinned. Your art is something very personal and there's never a shortage of critics when it… — Romany Malco
When you dare me to do something, I will say, 'Watch me'. That is what I say to critics. 'Watch me'. — Amaury Nolasco
I think whether you're a movie critic and have seen a million movies, or you're just a normal popcorn movie watcher, you can tell the… — Josh Peck
Son of Lady Chatterley's Lover had obvious commercial advantages (as a title for this book), but it impugned the marital status of my parents, something… — Jack Paar
Those who closely watched the campaign should not be surprised by Obama's hostility toward Israel, given his relations with pro-Palestinian, virulent critics of Israel and… — David Limbaugh
I don't believe that anyone is not bothered by critics. I think that everybody cares. — Miuccia Prada
Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet. — John Crowe Ransom

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