Critic Quote by Oscar Wilde

“Recognizing masterpieces is the job of the critic, not writing competent reviews of the unimportant.”

— Jack Green

The job of the critic, as it might have been conceived in the 1950's or 1960's, was some kind of role of moral arbiter…

— Louis Menand

An important job of the critic is to savage what is mediocre or meretricious.

— Susan Sontag

No publisher should ever express an opinion of the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to…

— Oscar Wilde

“And criticism - what place is that to have in our culture? Well, I think that the first duty of an art critic is…

— Oscar Wilde

Artists reproduce themselves or each other, with wearisome iteration. But criticism is always moving on, and the critic is always developing.

— Oscar Wilde

A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author.

— Oscar Wilde

Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its…

— Mo Ibrahim

As a decision maker, you rely on information being passed to you by the people who report to you. As the CEO, however, you…

— Scott Weiss

The report [by a UN commission on Darfur] demonstrates beyond all doubt that the last two years have been little short of hell on…

— Kofi Annan

I will stay very focused on my responsibilities as Secretary of Commerce and the economy's doing well. I mean, you asked about some of…

— Donald Evans

“Police not enforcing laws results in a high crime rate that is formally reported as a low crime rate in police statistics.”

— Steven Magee

I saw a report on the news: 'Peter Dinklage tweeted... ' What? You know, I don't need any of that stuff. I got an…

— Peter Dinklage

Take control of who you report to, what you do, what you create. Or start a business on the side. Deliver some value, any…

— James Altucher

When I was 13, I began relaxing my hair, and that meant when I turned 18 it began to crack and fall off, and…

— Soledad O'Brien