Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

A good joke is the one ultimate and sacred thing which cannot be criticized.

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.

The lion doesn't turn around when the small dog barks.

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.

If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.