Quote by George Herbert

Critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes.

— George Herbert

Literary critics, like a herd of cows or a school of fish, always face in the same direction, obeying that love for unity that…

— Edward Abbey

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

Critics are like eunuchs: they know how, but they can't do it.

— Paul Bocuse

Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can't do it themselves!

— Anonymous

Those who do the least themselves are always the severest critics upon the noble achievements of others.

— Elias Lyman Magoon

You can't be a critic by simply being a griper. One has also to search out the examples of good work.

— Wendell Berry

“[The critic] serves up his erudition in strong doses; he pours out all the knowledge he got up the day before in some library…

— Théophile Gautier

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it…

— Brendan Behan

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

A critic is someone who meddles with something that is none of his business.

— Paul Gauguin

I am not a critic; to me criticism is so often nothing more than the eye garrulously denouncing the shape of the peephole that…

— Djuna Barnes