Quotes about Critics and Criticism

“Critics are already made.”

“Blame is safer than praise.”

“A sneer is the weapon of the weak.”

“A louse in the locks of literature.”

“Criticism is prejudice made plausible.”

“We are suffering from too much sarcasm.”

“Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic!”

“They condemn what they do not understand.”

“Give a critic an inch, he'll write a play.”

“Criticism should be a casual conversation.”

“The covers of this book are too far apart.”

“When subjected to the rain of criticism, let”

“A critic is a legless man who teaches running.”

“The dread of criticism is the death of genius.”

“Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.”

“Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.”

“A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.”

“When the critics come around it's always too late.”

“Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.”

“It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.”

“People who ask for your criticism want only praise.”

“It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.”

“Critical remarks are only made by people who love you.”

“There's a fine line between participation and mockery.”

“All the world's a stage, and all the clergymen critics.”

“Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.”

“Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.”

“In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.”

“As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.”

“What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.”