Criticism Quotes for Whatsapp and Facebook Status
Criticism is the endeavour to find, to know, to love, to recommend, not only the best, but all the good, that has been known and thought and written in the world.
George Saintsbury (1845-1933) English literary critic
Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, —though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, — the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) English author
It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) British novelist
A blind man will not thank you for a looking glass.
18th-century English Proverb
You should not say it is not good. You should say you a not like it; and then, you know, you’re perfectly safe.
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) American artist
On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one’s mind. It becomes a pleasure.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Anglo-Irish author
I like criticism, but it must be my way.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American author
Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead.
Chinese proverb
To many people dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.
John Mason Brown (1900-1969) American essayist, critic
I find that when I dislike what I see on the stage I can be vastly amusing, but when I write about something I like I find that I am appallingly dull.
Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) British author
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, lexicographer
As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks.
