Composer Quote by Ornette Coleman

The critic is genius at one remove; he is not unlike an actor on the stage, and incarnates in his mind, as the actor…

— George Edward Woodberry

A literary critic is a person who finds meaning in literature that the author didn't know was there.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“It was clear that the composer no longer consoled himself with the thought that music could express everything and did not require verbal commentary.”

— Solomon Volkov

A critic is someone who meddles with something that is none of his business.

— Paul Gauguin

A "critic" is a man who creates nothing.

— Robert A. Heinlein

There's an effort to reclaim the unmentionable, the unsayable, the unspeakable, all those things come into being a composer, into writing music, into searching…

— David Bowie

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

— Kenneth Tynan

A critic knows more than the author he criticizes, or just as much, or at least somewhat less.

— Henry Edward Manning

“Being a critic is easy. But if the critic tries to run the operation, he soon understands that nothing is as easy as his…

— Haemin Sunim

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want…

— William Faulkner

A critic is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic in this;…

— Robert A. Heinlein

To a critic, no explanation will do. To a fan, no explanation is needed.

— Jeff Jarrett