Art Quote by Walter Benjamin

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

— Brad Bird

“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

“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 should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-pulling, but guiding, instructive, and inspirational--a south wind and not an east wind.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everybody wants to be a critic: a critic without the actual accolades to be a critic.

— Bobby Lashley

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

The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art - and, by analogy, our own experience - more,…

— Susan Sontag

Art is to look at not to criticize.

— Anonymous

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

— Henri Frederic Amiel

The artist usually sets out -- or used to -- to point a moral and adorn a tale. The tale, however, points the other…

— Anonymous

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

— Jack Green

Criticism is part of the creative man's journey, and I appreciate it.

— Marcus Samuelsson