Criticism Quotes

Nobody says, 'Yeah, I'd like to set myself up for some serious criticism!' And yet, the only way to be remarkable is to do just that.

Youth makes you brave, I suppose. When you're young, you make a fool of yourself all the time. Because of all the rejections and the criticism you get all the time, there has to be a drive there.

It's everywhere, constant criticism of women's appearance in magazines and online. It's not easy to navigate.

And if you are honest about the words coming out of your characters' mouths, you'll find that you've let yourself in for a fair amount of criticism.

One of the greatest abilities is to be able to take criticism

People would rather be praised than criticized but the later may help us make more progress.

Some intentionally injure others through mocking, sarcasm with no intent to help. Others are trying to help.

We must never forget that both good and evil flow from the Bible. It is therefore not above criticism.

Most of the time, criticism that takes pop culture seriously involves performing some kind of symbolic analysis, decoding the work to demonstrate the way it represents some other aspect of society.

We cannot let external criticism, even if it's true, fortify our internal foe. That foe is strong enough already.

Do you really believe in what you said or wrote – in the thing that’s bringing criticism? And if I do believe it, I can withstand anything.

Transparence is the highest, most liberating value in art - and in criticism - today. Transparence means experiencing the luminousness of the thing in itself, of things being what they are.

Sometimes discipline, which means "to teach," is confused with criticism.

With success comes unhelpful criticism - ignore it.

Pay no attention whatsoever to newspaper nonsense or criticism. Be sincere and do your duty. Everything will come all right. Truth must triumph.

I never forgive attacks on my work.

Donald Trump's hair frankly. Sometimes you know you're going to get criticism, but you just have to take .

The opinion of the great body of the reading public is very materially influenced even by the unsupported assertions of those who assume a right to criticize.

In truth it may be laid down as an almost universal rule that good poets are bad critics.

Criticism is something that you have to take, regardless of what you do.

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

In those places of doubt and even darkness I've realized that who I am has nothing to do with wins or losses, applause, or negative criticism. It has to do with whose I am.

Particularly with MFA students, who have so much invested - literally and figuratively - I feel like honest criticism is something they're owed. It's not going to be easier in the real world, surely.

Donald Trump does not take criticism well, nor does he appreciate reporting on his life.

The question of manuscript changes is very important for literary criticism, the psychology of creation and other aspects of the study of literature.

Criticism changes with the fashion of the time. A story is always a story.

The naysayers, they don't mean a thing.

Morally, the life of the organization must be of exemplary nature. This is one phase where the organization must not have criticism.

Maybe thats because we take criticism best from those we love and those who love us-Ethan

Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern.

He who first praises a book becomingly is next in merit to the author.

A lot of coaching is about results and if you don't get the right results, you're going to get criticism, but if all things are going well then you can enjoy yourself.

The slanders of the pen pierce to the heart; they rankle longest in the noblest spirits; they dwell ever present in the mind and render it morbidly sensitive to the most trifling collision.

There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased, They scarcely come inclining to be pleased: And sure he must have more than mortal Skill, Who please one against his Will.

The piecemeal criticism which, like the fly, scans only the edge of a plinth in the great edifice upon which it crawls, disappears under a criticism that is all-comprehending and all-surveying.

They that censure, should practice. Or else let them have the first stone, and the last too.

Teachers have power. We may cripple them by petty economics; by Government regulations, by the foolish criticism of an uninformed press; but their power exists for good or evil.

Successful entrepreneurs figure out when to drive their ideas forward and when to listen to constructive criticism.

A social critic is someone whose work revolves around where and how our successes are failing us.

Those who find it hypocritical of others to use, say, a smartphone, to speak ill of capitalism, needs to be reminded that capitalism is an ideology, not a technology.

The mimicry of passion is the most intolerable of all poses.

Music resembles poetry, in eachAre nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach.

...writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.

What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb.American novels, answered Lord Henry.

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism

The trade of critic, in literature, music, and the drama, is the most degraded of all trades.

...what is the use of making everybody rich if the rich themselves are miserable?

The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

PARAPHRASE: Genius is not that you are smarter than everyone else. It is that you are ready to receive the inspiration.

The critics only made me work harder.