Criticism Quotes

Criticism is hypocrisy; society is hypocrisy. I'm a tourist. I'm a consumer. I do the things that I photograph and can be criticized of.

Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs.

It is in the nature of science that once a position becomes orthodox it should be suggested to criticism.... It does not follow that, because a position is orthodox, it is wrong.

There are some people who have a low tolerance for criticism. I'm not one of those people.

Give no time to finding fault of criticism.

Four D's of Disconnection: 1. Diagnosis (judgment, analysis, criticism, comparison); 2. Denial of Responsibility; 3. Demand; 4. 'Deserve' oriented language.

Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection.

Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

An artist needs the best studio instruction, the most rigorous demands, and the toughest criticism in order to tune up his sensibilities.

A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!

Frankly, it's good enough to lock up in a drawer.

No man can tell another his faults so as to benefit him, unless he loves him.

If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false.

The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive.

I don't necessarily "deal" with the criticism of others. I used to, but now I'm so confident in my walk with Christ that it simply no longer impacts me. I can't allow it to. I'm on a mission!

The critic roams through culture, looking for prey.

We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.

I don't have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism.

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

Criticism is a life without risk.

So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.

Fools take criticism and dish it back. The wise take it and turn it to their advantage.

Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten.

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.

A tailor can adapt to any medium, be it poetry, be it criticism. As a poet, he can mend, and with the scissors of criticism he candivide.

If there was no praise or criticism in the world, then who would you be?

I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way you'd get any feedback.

I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one.

Criticism can be wonderful, especially in making connections in an interpretive way. But by applying theories randomly, it's an interesting exercise, but I don't think it illuminates the literature.

The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing.

Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic!

Being a critic is a terrific method for killing your love of art.

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

A depressing number of people seem to process everything literally. They are to wit as a blind man is to a forest, able to find every tree, but each one coming as a surprise.

A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful autobiography is likely to mirror less what a man was than what he has become.

Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.

The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in.

A man’s mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.

Vilify! Vilify! Some of it will always stick.

A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading.

The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.

One of the most valuable things one of my art teachers said to me was, ‘Don’t get upset by criticism. Value the fact that at least someone noticed what you did.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit and to act on it without understanding it.

I look at my work and make up my mind about it. After that, neither flattery nor criticism matters to me.

The values learned on the playing field-how to set goals, endure, take criticism and risks, become team players, use our beliefs, stay healthy and deal with stress-prepare us for life.

You have to remain cool under fire and let criticism roll off you. Good leaders handle conflict easily and bad ones are eaten up by it.

Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss.