One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artistic works, etc., and passes judgment upon them; a reviewer.
One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.
The art of criticism.
An act of criticism; a critique.
Of or pertaining to critics or criticism; critical.
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all. Mark Twain
The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. Oscar Wilde
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 generous Critic fann'd the Poet's fire, And taught the world with reason to admire. Edgar Allan Poe
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. Ambrose Bierce
