Critics Quotes

The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized.

Critics are like eunuchs: they know how, but they can't do it.

I'm probably my biggest critic. There's nothing anyone can ask of me that I haven't already asked of myself.

Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.

I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

Be an encourager. The world has plenty of critics already.

The critic is a prisoner to his own experiences and perspectives, erroneously believing his limited experiences are the sum of all truth

Don't respond to negativity with more negativity. Just put your head down and prove your critics wrong.

Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.

You have to have courage to stand up to your critics.

Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled wrong.

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

Critics are to authors what dogs are to lamp-posts.

I've been all over the world and I've never seen a statue of a critic.

I say to consumers: instead of relying totally on critics, drink what you like and like what you drink.

The inability of some critics to connect the dots doesn't make pointillism pointless

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

The Bible is our fire-guard. Some read God's Word critically but the Word is their critic and by their own attitude towards the Word they condemn themselves.

I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

I read the art reviews of my work. Some critics understand my art correctly, while some don't. I simply ignore the reviews written by the latter.

I'm a musician and, just as the critics are hard on me, I'm hard on the critics.

Those who live off of the donations of capitalism are often its greatest critics.

Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste.

Your critics do not count. Their words will fade. You won't.

You have to remain flexible, and you must be your own critic at all times.

Exceptional thinkers ignore their critics and go about their business making history.

Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!

I intensely dislike the word 'critic,' because it puts you in an antagonistic position to artists. I've learned everything that I know about art from artists... I see myself as an advocate and an activist and a writer.

Critics build nothing.

All art critics are useless or harmful.

If you get a bad review, you take that in your stride.

Some critics accuse capitalism of being a selfish system, but the selfishness is not in capitalism - it is in human nature.

We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs.

Be patient and loving with yourself. You weren't meant to be your biggest critic, but your biggest fan.

The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.

If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.

There are no more geniuses, only critics.

No statue has ever been put up to a critic.

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

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

Critics should find meaningful work.

The only critic is a full house.

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

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

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

All critics should be assassinated.

Critics are eunuchs at a gang bang.

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

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