Criticism Quotes
There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.
Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.
It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before criticism, which is regarded as a malignant tumor in the imagination.
In one dancing saloon I saw the only rational method of art criticism I have ever come across. Over the piano was printed a notice: 'Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.'
The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.
Our country right or wrong is an evil motto - what if your country be in the wrong? It will only compound her injury. I wish to serve the republic with an honest and fearless criticism.
Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.
Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil.
An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.
I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.
A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.
In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.
The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion.
It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.
The most important thing is to know how to awaken in the still undeveloped masses an intelligent attitude towards religious questions and an intelligent criticism of religions.
To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless.
When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart.
I'm not here to win a popularity contest. I'm here to work and have a career. Let the haters hate. I'm ready for the criticism.
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.
To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.
It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one.
If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?
Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity.
You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.
Your criticism sounds to me as if you have read too many critical books and are too smart in an artificial, destructive, and very limited way.
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry.
The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.
The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.
This criticism is ridiculous. The twenty-five hundreth anniversary celebration cost me less than the inauguration of each new president of the United States.
The text is merely one of the contexts of a piece of literature, its lexical or verbal one, no more or less important than the sociological, psychological, historical, anthropological or generic.
If you are going to do anything, you must expect criticism. But it's better to be a doer than a critic. The doer moves; the critic stands still, and is passed by.
The one who praises you is a thief. The one who criticizes you is your true friend.
Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.
The writer's role is to menace the public's conscience. He must have a position, a point of view. He must see the arts as a vehicle of social criticism and he must focus on the issues of his time.
We cannot hope to win the ideological battle against Islam without criticism of Islam, it is essential that we continue to criticize Islam.
The concept of loyalty is distorted when it is understood to mean blind acceptance. It is correctly interpreted when it is assumed to cover honest criticism.
