“Academic criticism often focuses on pleasing the examiners for various purposes. It lacks the aesthetic design, the nobility of purpose and the… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
People have been predicting the death of philosophy since the 17th century. When I was a student, people were saying, 'We're in… — Bernard Williams Copy Share Image
“Criticism as a form of knowledge is capable of robbing literature not only of its own implicit and explicit ideology but of… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism… — Renny Harlin Copy Share Image
The sceptic will say, 'It may well be true that this system of equations is reasonable from a logical standpoint, but this… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the visual arts, for example, the semiological approach to graphics provides a rigorous analysis of the visual means used by the… — Jacques Bertin Copy Share Image
Mathematics does not grow through a monotonous increase of the number of indubitably established theorems but through the incessant improvement of guesses… — Imre Lakatos Copy Share Image
Men have begun to observe and classify, they turn from creation to Criticism... It is the Fashion to be a wit... one… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
“The effective criticism is the one that focuses on behavior not on the personality. The difference between both realizes it every rational… — Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi Copy Share Image
Katie Price is no exception. She, too, is - in a distinctive way - a philosopher. Partially, Katie Price's philosophy is one… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I'm always very careful to make the distinction between music criticism and music journalism. A lot of people don't. But criticism doesn't… — Michael Azerrad Copy Share Image
It may be relatively mild when expressed as criticism, anger, or feelings of severe frustration. Criticism has a negative influence on the… — H. Burke Peterson Copy Share Image
Whoever could properly characterize Goethe's Meister would have actually expressed what is the timely trend in literature. He would be able, as… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
An artist must pass judgment only on what he understands; his range is limited as that of any other specialist... Anyone who… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I move for a creed for all our denominations made out of Scripture quotations, pure and simple. That would be impregnable against… — Thomas De Witt Talmage Copy Share Image
Bad criticism recites rote arguments. The shame of rote arguments isn't just that they're cliches, though they are, but that they tend… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
What is new about Barthes's posthumous reputation is the view of him as a writer whose books of criticism and personal musings… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
When I started to sing like myself - as opposed to imitating Nat Cole, which I had done for a while -… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
I would play the songs for my mom, and she would give me pretty good criticism on them. She was never mean,… — Noah Kahan Copy Share Image
Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didnt… — Ray LaMontagne Copy Share Image
If we spent the majority of our focus just concentrating on our side of the street, not so much on what the… — Grant Bowler Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an actress. I wanted to be known. Yes, it's difficult sometimes. I believe that if you're going to… — Katrina Kaif Copy Share Image
“Nations not possessing great power can indulge in the luxury of criticism of others; those possessing it have the responsibility of decision.… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Our leaders should certainly engage passionate advocacy of needed reforms, and equally strong criticism of policies they believe are destructive to America.… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
My delivery can be intense, but it's intense because I need to be heard. I know that people don't usually listen, as… — Damon Dash Copy Share Image
Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,- criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is one gratification an old author can afford a certain class of critics; that namely, of comparing him as he is… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
I used to read the criticism on blogs about other people - mostly female actresses and singers - and even when they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Criticism can be wonderful, especially in making connections in an interpretive way. But by applying theories randomly, it's an interesting exercise, but… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
I think the challenge for anyone in a visible industry, whether it's media, government, or political organizing, is to take serious criticism… — Ari Melber Copy Share Image
“What kind of ministry is that, just talking to people?" Criticism directed at Francis Schaeffer's plan to open an obscure spot in… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
For most of us even the imagined threat of criticism functions to control our behavior. We are haunted to some degree by… — Robert D. Hare Copy Share Image
Listen I don't expect an apology from men like Chuck Schumer, and I would put him and other individuals who were attacking… — Alberto Gonzales Copy Share Image
Performers put their heart and soul into their art, and can be subject to highly personal attacks and criticism. The tone and… — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
This fear of criticism displayed by the advocates of freedom of criticism cannot be attributed solely to craftiness. No, the majority of… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
I'm very strong in who I am, I'm very happy where I am. And wherever, as you know some people go overboard… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
The literary wiseacres prognosticate in many languages, as they have throughout so many centuries, setting the stage for new hautmonde in letters… — Fannie Hurst Copy Share Image
For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism… — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
