The critic should describe, and not prescribe.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A critic should be taught to criticise a work of art without making any reference to the personality of the author.
The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.
Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic but don't give it more attention than it deserves.
I don't mind what the critics say, so long as I get some reaction. The worst thing is to be ignored.
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.
People have a right to criticize.
I operate with this sense of needing to live up to what I am asking of people. I am, by far, my own worst critic.
Be a doer and not a critic.
I'm not a critic, and I never talk about other people's work.
I don't know anyone actually who does care what a critic says.