Critics Quote by Kingsley Amis

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

The critic should describe, and not prescribe....

— Eugene Ionesco

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

— John Mason Brown

Everyone has to be their own critic.

— Diego Costa

Never answer a critic, unless he's right.

— Bernard Baruch

It's not the critic that counts.

— Theodore Roosevelt

One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself

— Mark Twain

It is not the critic who counts

— Theodore Roosevelt

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to speak with…

— Raymond Chandler

You have to remain flexible, and you must be your own critic at all times.

— Hans Zimmer

A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

— Joseph Addison