Critics Quotes

1359 Critics quotes by 983 unique authors

Let dull critics feed upon the carcases of plays; give me the taste and the dressing. — Bill Vaughan
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
Modern critics, who refuse to let a plain thing alone, have now started a theory that Cervantes's work is a vast piece of "symbolism." If… — Stephen Leacock
Ironically, Henry James' biography comforts me & I long to make known to him his posthumous reputation he wrote, in pain, gave all his life… — Sylvia Plath
God knows, people who are paid to have attitudes toward things, professional critics, make me sick; camp-following eunuchs of literature. — Ernest Hemingway
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
It's very hard, I think, for critics to write positive reviews, because there's not that much to say about something you like. You can kind… — Mitchell Hurwitz
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
The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces. — Anatole France
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. — Benjamin Franklin
Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions. — Margaret Fuller
The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in… — Edward Gibbon
I don't think the audience always listens to the critics. That's been proven time and time again. — Mel Gibson
Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them. — Samuel Goldwyn
You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself… — Ellie Goulding
These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from… — Zane Grey
I have learned not to read reviews. Period. And I hate reviewers. All of them, or at least all but two or three. Life is… — John Grisham
I'm not one of your knockabout, knuckle-scarred, Internet-controversy-courting book critics. Occasionally I stumble into controversy accidentally, but not because I enjoy it. It's probably just… — Lev Grossman
Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at… — William Congreve
Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters. — Joseph Conrad
Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead. — Mason Cooley
Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word. — Mason Cooley
I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably… — Calvin Coolidge
Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued. — Francis Ford Coppola

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