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Critics! Appalled I ventured on the name.
Those cutthroat bandits in the paths of fame.

Robert Burns, Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

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They have vilified me, they have crucified me; yes, they have even criticized me.

The scholars and critics all called it kitsch, everyone thought I was crazy to buy them.

I won a noble fame;
But with a sudden frown,
The people snatched my crown,
And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.

I hate the man who builds his name
On ruins of another's fame. Thus prudes, by characters o'erthrown, Imagine that they raise their own.
Thus Scribblers, covetous of praise,
Think slander can transplant the bays.

Mark how my fame rings out from zone to zone:
A thousand critics shouting: "He's unknown!"

Ambrose Bierce, American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–1914)

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The way they questioned my decisions was absolutely disgraceful.

[After his Question Time appearance] Suddenly, I was denounced by the whole of showbiz. I thought, Oh, it’ll be alright. But it wasn't. It just got worse and worse.

My foes have called me bum, hoodlum, criminal. Some have even called me nigger. I imagine now they'll at least have to call me Dr. Nigger.

I've always been criticized, right from the beginning! Right from the very first day I was born... They said I wasn't right for the part!

Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, known for creating the comic strip, "Peanuts" (1922-2000)

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[T]he connoisseurs and I are at war you know; and because I hate them, they think I hate Titian—and let them!

William Hogarth, English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist (1697-1764)

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I got disgusted with the widespread desire among socialists to get their names in the paper.

If your success is not amazing to your critics, it disturbs, infuriates, and frustrates them, and if they're not careful; may go hang themselves and go to hell.

Fame is a bitch, man.

Your name, merely your name, floods my brain to a point of sweet disgust.

Alfred de Musset, French writer (1810–1857)

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