Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions. — Alan Barth Copy Share Image
“Some criticism, no doubt, is constructive, but too much is a subtle poison.” — Arthur Gordon Copy Share Image
The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic. — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
Old art offers just as good a criticism of new art as new art offers of old. — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
People abuse for no reason, because they can do it anonymously. There's a lot of negativity, criticism and hatred as an artist… — Bhuvan Bam Copy Share Image
The world of scholarship is much more measured in its appreciation and also its criticism than the world of popular literature. — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
I can have fairly crippling self-criticism. It doesn't really put me in a vulnerable state, I just get glum and intolerable, but… — Damian Kulash Copy Share Image
I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn. — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. — John Updike Copy Share Image
People fed on sugared praises cannot be expected to feel an appetite for the black broth of honest criticism. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
If someone feels afraid to tell you honest criticism, then you're never going to improve. — Cole Sprouse Copy Share Image
“We have to be able to criticize what we love, say what we have to say. Cause if you're not trying to… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what… — Lynn Johnston Copy Share Image
God knows people who are paid to have attitudes toward things, professional critics, make me sick; camp following eunuchs of literature. They… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
People need to stand up, women need to stand up for each other and say, "No you can't kick this person like… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Being constructively critical is good, as long as your purpose is to improve your methods for future endeavors. Lying in bed and… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
Eclectic is a word that appears almost as much as the word smarmy in rock journalism and I've come to the fact,… — Van Dyke Parks Copy Share Image
It is the will of God that we must have critics, and missionaries, and Congressmen, and humorists, and we must bear the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You must realize that if you are going to reach the heights you have been called to reach, you may elicit some… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I purposely used a pretty cocky, abrasive writing style in Sex and Crime, to stir up some drama. My confrontational style quickly… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
Most people believe a new idea must be fully baked and ready-for-primetime. That is like saying a newborn child should have a… — Josh Linkner Copy Share Image
It is the long term investor who will in practice come in for the most criticism. For it is the essence of… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
“And against whom is this censorship directed? By way of answer, think back to the big subcultural debates of 2011 – debates… — Foz Meadows Copy Share Image
It's never the same relationship. I see my job as filling in the blanks. Whatever it is that the artist lacks in… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
“Why do we put up with it? Do we like to be criticized? No, no scientist enjoys it. Every scientist feels a… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I appreciate good criticism and I think it's really important. I don't like it when it's consumer advocacy, like how you should… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
“Novel is a particular form of narrative./ And narrative is a phenomenon which extends considerably beyond the scope of literature; it is… — Michel Butor Copy Share Image
Don't worry about what people are going to think about you. Just live your life. — Shruti Copy Share Image
Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's. — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
