Criticism is easy, art is difficult.
Critic - Criticism Quotes
No one so thoroughly appreciates the value of constructive criticism as the one who’s giving it.
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter.
You know who critics are? – the men who have failed in literature and art.
To be a good critic demands more brains and judgment than most men possess.
Let dull critics feed upon the carcasses of plays; give me the taste and the dressing.
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you; the public will not believe you; your fellow writers will shake their heads.
It is ridiculous for any man to criticize the works of another if he has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
