~ We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public. ~
~ Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves. ~
~ The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not ~
~ We protest against unjust criticism, but we accept unearned applause. ~
~ Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive. ~
~ Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps ignorant, may yet support his vanity by the name of a critic. ~
~ No one so thoroughly appreciates the value of constructive criticism as the one who's giving it ~
~ It is ridiculous for any man to criticize the works of another if he has not distinguished himself by his own performances ~
~ To make a criticism is a bit like complaining about the shape of the Pyramids. ~
~ Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger. ~
~ I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not supply - The cause, the effect would die ~
~ The strength of criticism lies only in the weakness of the thing criticized ~