Criticism Quote by Pauline Kael

“When dealing with critics always remember this: Critics judge things based on what is outside of their content of understanding.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“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

Well, I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for…

— Antony Gormley

We properly judge a critic's virtue not by his freedom from error but by the nature of the mistakes he does make, for he…

— Lionel Trilling

Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.

— Paul Emsley

I was an awful critic. I operated on the assumption that there was an absolute scale of values against which art could be measured.…

— Tom Stoppard

A critic can serve as guide. I think there's an understanding amongst the public that critics have their own preferences and dislikes.

— Michael Hersch

A lot of critics are lazy. They don't want to look closely and analyze something for what it is. They take a quick first…

— Willem Dafoe

But I honestly don't read critics. My dad reads absolutely everything ever written about me. He calls me up to read ecstatic reviews, but…

— Fiona Apple

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

Critics sometimes appear to be addressing themselves to works other than those I remember writing.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Critics should find meaningful work.

— John Grisham