Clothes Quote by George Herbert

There are good and bad critics like good or bad artists. A good critic says why they didn't like it. A bad critic gives…

— Ricky Gervais

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

— Samuel Johnson

Critics are like ticks on a dog or tits on a motor: ornamental but dysfunctional.

— Edward Abbey

Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon.

— Robert Duvall

Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart.

— John Updike

Art critics are like every other critic.

— Marc Jacobs

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

The job of the critic is to report to us his moods.

— Oscar Wilde

Confronted by an absolutely infuriating review, it is sometimes helpful for the victim to do a little personal research on the critic. Is there…

— Jean Kerr

Since I'm a story-oriented critic, sometimes it's difficult to discuss issues without defining them. At the same time, I try not to give away…

— Stephen Hunter

We are being at once wisely aware of our own frivolity if we avoid hitting and whacking and prefer 'striking' and 'smiting'; talk and…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men. If it is necessary, omit one bridge over the river, go round a little…

— Henry David Thoreau