Don't Criticize What You Can't Understand (page 3)

Finally, it is most important that a critic hold their own work to their own standards of criticism. What would other critics think? It is easy to criticize if you are not the one being criticized. Therefore, in order to do the most credible work possible, a critic must do work that he or she would feel comfortable having criticized. If they can hold their own work to their own standards, they should be fine.
Critics make up an important part of the media circle and help maintain an honest relationship between the artist and the fans. A critic's main purpose is to inform. In order to inform in the most credible fashion, a critic must be informed, stay current but aware of the past, hold no biases or be aware of them, and be up to their own standards of criticism.

1 Dylan, B. (1964). "The Times They Are A-Changin' ". The Times They Are A-Changin' .

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