Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity than they really are.
Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck.
No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating.
Critics are like pigs at the pastry cart.
After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how its done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.
Pay no attention to what the critics say... Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic!