Well, I don’t know that I’d take a critic in any field of art very seriously to begin with unless they have something to show for — intelligence, love for art, maybe. A lot of them don’t have that — a few do. And too many good artists listen to a critic’s opinion of their work and let it stick to them. I think you can see through a dishonest remark.
I’m not really apprehensive of flattery though — I have bigger fish to fry.
