One mustn’t criticize other people on grounds where he can’t stand perpendicular himself.
Critic - Criticism Quotes
Don’t operate on the heart with a hatchet.
Never pay attention to what critics say. Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic.
The critic’s symbol should be the tumble-bug: he deposits his egg in somebody else’s dung, otherwise he could not hatch it.
The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely […]
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.”
Criticism is a queer thing. If I print “She was stark naked” – and then proceed to describe her person in detail, what critic would not howl? Who would venture to leave the book on a parlor table? But the artist does this and all ages gather and look and talk and point.
Answer them (critics) with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument.
Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art.
A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car.
