Criticism Quote by Samuel Johnson

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well; the chiefest part of which is to observe…

— John Dryden

“The great philosopher, Aristotle had this to say in regards to criticism. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing,…

— L.A. Hilden

“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.          —Aristotle”

— Danielle LaPorte

Aristotle was the first accurate critic and truest judge nay, the greatest philosopher the world ever had; for he noted the vices of all…

— Ben Jonson

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. The power of invention has been conferred by nature…

— Samuel Johnson

Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps…

— Samuel Johnson

Criticism is the endeavour to find, to know, to love, to recommend, not only the best, but all the good, that has been known…

— George Saintsbury

I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other,…

— Ezra Pound

Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own.

— Anonymous

Criticism is, or ought to be, a judicious act.

— Amitava Kumar

I am bound by my own definition of criticism : a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought…

— Matthew Arnold