Antagonist Quote by Isaac D'Israeli

I have never believed that the critic is the rival of the poet, but I do believe that criticism is a genre of literature…

— Harold Bloom

“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

Either criticism is no good at all (a very defensible position) or else criticism means saying about an author the very things that would…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The critic does his utmost to blight genius in its infancy; that which rises in spite of him he will not see; and then…

— Thomas Love Peacock

“[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

The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all,…

— Joyce Maynard

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

— Elias Lyman Magoon

Critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes.

— George Herbert

“A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.”

— Nicholaa Spencer

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

“Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the defensive and usually makes him strive to justify himself. Criticism is dangerous, because it…

— Dale Carnegie

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him.

— Anonymous