I'm my own worst critic. I could tell the critics a thing or two about my shows.

Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.

It's nice when critics say 'Emperor of the Air' is an important book of stories.

It's hard to market a movie when you're at the mercy of critics and journalists.

A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic.

Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.

We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.

Those critics awards come and go every year, but the finished movie is your work.

Those who live off of the donations of capitalism are often its greatest critics.

Critics are like ticks on a dog or tits on a motor: ornamental but dysfunctional.

I'm not a food critic, and I'm not really an authority to write anything on food.

A critic must accept what is best in a poet, and thus become his best encourager.

In Argentina, if the weather is bad, critics will blame it on the currency board.

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

Whatever the critics make of 'Maestro,' I hope they don't call it a reality show.

Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.

I guess you'd have to say that sometimes the audience is smarter than the critics.

The facts of life are to the biographer what the text of a novel is to the critic.

I learned a lot about critics, not to really take them too seriously about movies.

I'm not making films for critics, I'm making films for people to go out and enjoy.

Every time you start a project, you're hopeful that the critics receive it warmly.

If art is to have a special train, the critic must keep some seats reserved on it.

It's hard to be vulnerable in front of the whole world because everyone's a critic.

There are always going to be critics. But I have got to go out there and do my job.

The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.

Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics!

The inability of some critics to connect the dots doesn't make pointillism pointless

Critics, how I would love if you could clear the word 'sentimental' from your minds.

The true work of a critic is not to make his hearer believe him, but agree with him.

Critics' points of view can be one thing today and be very different in a few years.

We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs.

I've always felt if my nose were more crooked, critics would focus more on my acting.

I don't believe that anyone is not bothered by critics. I think that everybody cares.

Never defend yourself; agree with your critics, it takes the wind out of their sails.

Exceptional thinkers ignore their critics and go about their business making history.

You're always nervous about what critics say - about what anybody has to say, really.

Rather than focus on your critics, focus on the people who are impacted by your work.

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.

I don't make music to prove all the critics wrong. I do it to prove all my fans right.

As the 'critic of color,' I'm frequently asked to review Indian and Pakistani writers.

The only real evidence that any critic may bring before his gaze is the finished poem.

I have been in a lot of movies, but none of them are critics' darlings, you might say.

A man who grows that much hair,' critics were fond of saying, 'must have a lot to hide.

When you have critics filing on Twitter, it leaves no time for thought and perspective.

It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.

I cringe when critics say I'm a master of the popular novel. What's an unpopular novel?

Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?

Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can't do it themselves!

I'm not worried about what the critics say, or how they feel I should go with my career.

I don't really care very much if I don't think that the critics really understand music.

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