Critics and Criticism Quotes
108 quotations about Critics and Criticism
Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins.
Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.
Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build it.
Do what you feel in your heart to be right. You'll be criticized anyway.
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.
A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.
As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.
A man generally has the good or ill qualities he attributes to mankind.
The dread of criticism is the death of genius.
I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so.
Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.
Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.
A louse in the locks of literature.
All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it.
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
A critic is a man who knows the way, but can't drive the car.
Those who can -- do. Those who can't -- criticize.
He who throws dirt always loses ground.
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
There is one way to handle the ignorant and malicious critic. Ignore him.
Having a sharp tongue will cut your throat
It is usually best to be generous with praise, but cautious with criticism.
Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at.
Authors on Critics and Criticism
Scott Adams
Joseph Addison
Leo Aikman
American Indian Proverb
W. H. Auden
Charles Baudelaire
Jean Baudrillard
Bible
Ambrose Bierce
Crand Briton
Robert Burns
Charles Buxton
Lord Byron
Thomas Carlyle
Charles Edwin Carruthers
Chinese Proverb
Charles Churchill
Marcus T. Cicero
E. M. Cioran
Harold Clurman