181 Critic Quotes for You to Enjoy

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things. Theodore Roosevelt

Work Man Progress Remember Every Secondary Critic Importance Altogether Does Accomplished End In The End Who Things Every Man

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

Critic Educate Artist Public

Stop being a critic and be a light; don't be a judge, be a model. I think we are far too critical. I think the best way to correct behavior is to accentuate and affirm positive behavior and to ignore negative behavior. Generally speaking, there is a time to correct, of course; but my biggest advice would be, 'Affirm your child.' Sean Covey

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Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. Ambrose Bierce

Art Weather Painting Critic Protecting Flat Them Exposing

Time is the only critic without ambition. John Steinbeck

Time Ambition Critic Only Without

Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and notes many things which do not exist. The same thing frequently takes place with regard to the force of words, when the critic is inferior to the writer. Saint Basil

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The generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire. Edgar Allan Poe

World Poet Fire Critic Admire Generous Taught Reason

I used to be so hard on myself. So hard on myself. Just my own worst critic to the nth degree. Absolutely undermining my confidence in every moment. Bad tape in my head all the time. Bellamy Young

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Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life. Henry Van Dyke

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You have to appreciate the finer points of your work; criticise, too, if needed. I am also my own worst and most honest critic. I can say things which nobody will ever dare say. Even the best of friends will stop at a point, whereas I can go beyond. Kamal Haasan

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I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.' Mary J. Blige

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Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation. Paul Cezanne

Art Critic Lies Salvation Paint

I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong. Theodore Bikel

Critic Ardent Wrong Supporter Am Israel Deem Right Zionist Defender

The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic. A. E. Housman

Man Conservative Criticism Critic He Average Average Man

Nowadays, a critic has to watch 700, 800 films a year, and I know through experience, being a juror in prestigious film festivals where supposedly the best films are arriving, from twenty films maybe you see two that are good, one that is so-so, and one that is extraordinary. And the other sixteen are terrible. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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I was my worst critic ever. Alexis Ren

Worst Critic Ever

I'm so hard on myself and a really harsh critic of my work. Allison Janney

Work Myself Harsh Critic Really Hard

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces. Anatole France

Good Soul Relates Critic He Adventures Masterpieces His Who Among

I'm a harsh critic of the status quo. Andrew Cuomo

Harsh Critic Status Status Quo Quo

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