Cows Quote by Edward Abbey

“The critic's aim should be to interpret the work they are writing about and help readers appreciate it, by defining and analysing those qualities…

— David Cecil

Critics, at least generally, want to regard works of fiction as independent entities, whose virtues and failures must be reckoned apart from the circumstances…

— Paul Di Filippo

Critics are biased, and so are readers. (Indeed, a critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.) But…

— Whitney Balliett

A true critic, in the perusal of a book, is like a dog at a feast, whose thoughts and stomach are wholly set upon…

— Jonathan Swift

“Critics are important. They give us the reasons, knowingly or unknowingly, not to fall, slumber or deviate from our true purpose . If only…

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Critics are critics: their job is to find things wrong with people.

— Ed Kowalczyk

CRITICS are people who aren't happy with themselves and love to find faults in others.

— Nishan Panwar

The perfect critic is one ... that sees with the eyes of posterity.

— Austin O'Malley

A critic can serve as guide. I think there's an understanding amongst the public that critics have their own preferences and dislikes.

— Michael Hersch

Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think…

— Duke Ellington

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world…

— Joseph Addison

The critic roams through culture, looking for prey.

— Mason Cooley