Criticism Quotes

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense

The most vigilant self-criticism of course is necessary, but the time comes when the artist must tell himself he is good or he will go under
Gerald Moor

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.
Stephen Spender

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.

A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.
Dustin Hoffman

All critics should be assassinated.
Man Ray

Coughing in the theatre is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
Alan Jay Lerner

Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again.
Spike Lee

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

Children need models rather than critics.

Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.
Jean Sibelius

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what it feels about dogs
John Osborne

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This claim is rhetorical nonsense.

One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.







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