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The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

— Anatole France

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could!

— Brian Lumley

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

— Isaac D'Israeli

Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true.

— William Shenstone

Criticism is part of the creative man's journey, and I appreciate it.

— Marcus Samuelsson

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.

— Robertson Davies

Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't.

— Jonathan Raban

✗Opposing Perspectives

Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.

— Mason Cooley

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

— John Mason Brown

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The critic is genius at one remove; he is not unlike an actor on the stage, and incarnates in his mind, as the actor embodies in his person, another's work; only thus does he understand art, realize it, know it; and having arrived at this, his task is done.

— George Edward Woodberry