Art Quote by Manny Farber

Criticism really used to hurt me. Most of these critics are usually frustrated artists, and they criticise other people's art because they can't do…

— Rosanna Arquette

Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has…

— Jonathan Raban

“The best incentive for an artist are the harshest criticism”

— Miguel Ángel Sáez Gutiérrez

People who aren't known for being artists do come in for criticism when they exhibit pictures. Paul McCartney, Tony Curtis, Mo Mowlam's husband are…

— Vic Reeves

“Art is like a kite with an airplane propeller, OK? Artists are like people who have scuba tanks for lungs, OK? And critics are…

— Jarod Kintz

“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their…

— Brad Bird

If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects…

— Bill Watterson

The most irritating experience for an artist is to have his work criticized before it is finished.

— Andrew Wyeth

“In a world where nearly everything that passes for art is tinny and commercial and often, in addition, hollow and academic, I argue--by reason…

— John Champlin Gardner Jr

If an artist has talent, he needs no other critic.

— Robert Breault

All artists, no matter who they are, have always come into contact with criticism. No one's gonna like what you do 100 percent of…

— Erika Jayne

An artist shouldn't be judged by how many people like his art but by how pure and good it is - but I think…

— Randall Munroe