#critic

These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again. ↗

— John Lennon

#again #artists #cannot #created #critics

The critics slap labels on you and then expect you to talk inside their terms. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#expect #inside #labels #slap #talk

And you can't really cover people critically that you're friends with. ↗

— Kurt Loder

#critically #friends #people #really #you

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#criticized #lies #strength #thing #weakness

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#criticized #old #old book #security #sense

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#credibility #critic #destroy #honest #i

My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die. ↗

— David Mamet

#critics #die #family #happiness #healthy

People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#criticism #only #people #praise #want

Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism; they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA. ↗

— Andrew Mason

#because #business #business owners #business people #cooking

It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is. ↗

— Heather Matarazzo

#am #audience #audience member #concerned #critic