“There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work of learning or genius, who stand as sentinels in the avenues of fame, and value themselves upon giving Ignorance and Envy the first notice of a prey.” MenGivingFirstsCertainValuesRaceImagineIgnoranceDutyGeniusFameCriticsEnvyAmusementPreyAvenuesHinderReceptionSentinels Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius
“My father was an engineer, .. But I found out that the film critics for the Stanford Daily got free passes for all the films. So I became first an assistant critic and then the main film critic. Those free passes changed my life.” FirstsFilmFoundFatherChangedCriticismCriticsEngineersAssistantsChanged My LifeStanfordFilm Critics Author:Roger Corman
“. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead of looking for content. This is a great disservice to the cinema. It is like judging a novel only by the quality of its prose. I was guilty of the same sin when I first started writing for the cinema. . . . Now I feel that only the literary mind can help the movies out of that cul de sac into which they have been driven by mere technicians and artificers.” FeelsWritingMindFirstsHas BeensHelpingFilmValuesSinQualityNovelJudgingImpactMereCriticsDrivenGuiltyCraftsCinemaVisualsProseTechniciansDisserviceFilm Critics Author:Orson Welles
“Aristotle was the first accurate critic and truest judge nay, the greatest philosopher the world ever had; for he noted the vices of all knowledges, in all creatures, and out of many men's perfections in a science he formed still one Art.” MenWorldFirstsArtStillsJudgingCreaturesPerfectionCriticsPhilosopherVicesAccurateTruest Book:The Works of Ben Jonson Source: The Works of Ben Jonson
“If the function of the artist is to see, the first duty of the critic is to understand what the artist saw.” IfsFirstsArtistSawsDutyFunctionCritics Author:J. E. H. MacDonald
“If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you. Besides, those voices are merely guardians and demons protecting the real treasure, the first thoughts of the mind.” IfsMindFirstsRealVoiceCriticsTreasureDemonNot AfraidGuardian Author:Natalie