Critics and Criticism Quotes

108 quotations about Critics and Criticism

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Critics and Criticism

A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.

James Russell Lowell · Critics and Criticism

A sneer is the weapon of the weak.

James Russell Lowell · Critics and Criticism

Never make the mistake of assuming the critters will beat a path to your door.

John P. Mascotte · Critics and Criticism

People who ask for your criticism want only praise.

W. Somerset Maugham · Critics and Criticism

Critical remarks are only made by people who love you.

Federico Mayor · Critics and Criticism

Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.

Nellie Mcclung · Critics and Criticism

It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic.

Marshall Mcluhan · Critics and Criticism

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

H. L. Mencken · Critics and Criticism

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.

Henry Miller · Critics and Criticism

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.

Wilson Mizner · Critics and Criticism

One ought to examine himself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others.

Moliere · Critics and Criticism

Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves with railing against it.

Michel Eyquem De Montaigne · Critics and Criticism

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

Marianne Moore · Critics and Criticism

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

Iris Murdoch · Critics and Criticism

We protest against unjust criticism but we accept unarmed applause.

Jose Narosky · Critics and Criticism

When the critics come around it's always too late.

Sir Sidney Nolan · Critics and Criticism

All the world's a stage, and all the clergymen critics.

Gregory Nunn · Critics and Criticism

No matter how well you perform there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.

Sir Lawrence Olivier · Critics and Criticism

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

Dorothy Parker · Critics and Criticism

Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings.

Octavio Paz · Critics and Criticism

A critic is a legless man who teaches running.

Channing Pollock · Critics and Criticism

Each generation produces its squad of moderns with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.

Channing Pollock · Critics and Criticism

Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod.

Alexander Pope · Critics and Criticism

They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

Antonio Porchia · Critics and Criticism

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