Books Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

“The effectiveness of an author turns chiefly upon his getting the reputation that he should be read. But by practicing various arts, by the…

— Arthur Schopenhaur

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

— Disney PIXAR

Criticism is now become mere hangman's work, and meddles only with the faults of authors ; nay, the critic is disgusted less with their…

— John Dryden

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

— Anonymous

CRITICS are people who aren't happy with themselves and love to find faults in others.

— Nishan Panwar

“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

“It is the importance of this quality of generosity in fiction that requires a measure of childishness in the writer. People who have strong…

— John Gardner

Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think…

— Duke Ellington

A lot of praise is given to very mediocre work. Critics have lost their taste, hearing, and eyesight.

— Steven Berkoff

The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to some quickness of resentment and asperity of reply

— Samuel Johnson

“[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 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