Critic Quote by Mark Twain

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.

— Mark Twain

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

— Carl von Clausewitz

Of course you're always at liberty to judge the critic. Judge people as critics, however, and you'll condemn them all!

— Henry James

Public opinion is the judgment of the incapable many opposed to that of the discerning few.

— Elbert Hubbard

Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments.

— Walter Benjamin

In public life, criticism cannot be avoided completely.

— Rajinikanth

Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.

— Tacitus

Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.

— Anonymous

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

— George Bancroft

Have you ever noticed how most critics disagree with the public? That should tell you a lot about critics.

— Shia LaBeouf

Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of an entire sensibility.

— Susan Sontag

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

— Joseph Addison