Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that […]
Critic - Criticism Quotes
Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending. (Much Ado About Nothing)
If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn’t swim.
I don’t pay much attention to critics. The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who can, and those who criticize.
A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.
In a writer there must always be two people – the writer and the critic.
Too many people, especially academics, confuse being critical with thinking critically. But they are only sometimes the same thing – and they are never the same thing when the criticism is reflexive rather than reflective.
Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes.
I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell.
Criticism often takes from the tree caterpillars and blossoms together.
