Critics Quotes

We have lit upon the gentle, sensitive mind And lost the old nonchalance of the hand; Whether we have chosen chisel, pen or brush, We are but critics, or but half create.

To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You can get a Michelin star if you serve the best hamburger in the world.

Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to anything they do not yet understand or which seems to differ from their moral concepts.

Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon.

No statue has ever been put up to a critic.

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.

Critics called me 'egregious' - I had to look that one up - and 'creepy', but now I don't read them, I weigh them.

I don't know what will become of this piece. Our brave critics will no doubt charge me with imitating Ravel's Bolero. Too bad - this is how I hear war.

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

The only critic is a full house.

To a critic, no explanation will do. To a fan, no explanation is needed.

It's good to have critics because that's what motivates you and helps you take your game to another level.

Critics should find meaningful work.

Deconstruction glorifies the critic, humiliates the author, and makes the reader wonder why he bothered.

Critics have never been able to discover a unifying theme in my films. For thatmatter, neither have I.

The word 'art' is very slippery. It really has no importance in relation to one's work. I work for the pleasure, for the pleasure of the work, and everything else is a matter for the critics.

Don't be afraid to be outrageous; the critics will shoot you down anyway.

If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?

Critics have told me I've ruined the lives of 50 million young people. I can't be certain of this, since only about 10 million have ever come back to thank me.

In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are shot after the revolution.

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

Critics are eunuchs at a gang bang.

Critics are like brushers of noblemen's clothes.

Your destiny is not determined by your critics. Focus on running your own race.

Look at the people who review. Look at their commitment to being "right" and "safe". If I had listened to my critics I would have given up years ago.

All critics should be assassinated.

I think a single sentence by Van Gogh is better than the whole work of all the art critics and art historians put together.

I knew that because of who I am, and the situation I'm in, that I'd attract more critics than your average person, and that was a little intimidating, but I wanted to get out there and pay my dues.

This is what is known as perspective, and it is a swindle.

I have learned to read the papers calmly and not to hate the fools I read about.

A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could!

I make my pictures for people, not for critics.

We often feed the critic gourmet meals and starve the rest.

You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

A critic is someone who enters the battlefield after the war is over and shoots the wounded.

Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

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

Your enemies, your critics, the people that are trying to push you down-God can use them to push you up.

We're not trying to entertain the critics ... I'll take my chances with the public.

Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it's just noise that can be a distraction.

According to one critic, my works looked like scraped billboards. I went to look at the billboards and decided that more billboards should be scraped.

When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.

Critics only speak up when they see someone shining. Average work doesn't threaten them.

It's not curators, it's not critics, it's not the public, it's not collectors who find great artists - it's other artists.

To all my critics, you get paid to be negative.

Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!

Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart.

Let your critics make you humble, and your enemies make you wise. Learn from every stumble but let nothing keep you down, for you were born to rise!

In a writer there must always be two people - the writer and the critic.