--- title: "7 Bad Criticism Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Bad Criticism quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Bad Criticism sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/alan-kay-7358_approach_when-i-first-prepared-this-particular-ta_25153.jpg" --- > [When I first prepared this particular talk... I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-kay/when-i-first-prepared-this-particular-talk-i-realized-that-my-usual/) [Alan Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-kay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/alan-kay-7358_approach_when-i-first-prepared-this-particular-ta_25153.jpg) > [Guys like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, they'll take bad criticism in a good way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-payton/guys-like-kobe-bryant-lebron-james-kevin-garnett-they-ll-take-bad/) [Gary Payton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-payton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/gary-payton-4951_bad_guys-like-kobe-bryant-lebron-james-kevin_65907.png) > [Bad criticism recites rote arguments. The shame of rote arguments isn't just that they're cliches, though they are, but that they tend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-dean/bad-criticism-recites-rote-arguments-the-shame-of-rote-arguments-isn/) [Michelle Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-dean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/michelle-dean-7717_bad_bad-criticism-recites-rote-arguments-the_352708.jpg) > [“So the challenge, as you contemplate your next opportunity to be boring or remarkable, is to answer these two questions: (1) "If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/so-the-challenge-as-you-contemplate-your-next-opportunity-to-be/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/seth-godin-152_feeling-bad_so-the-challenge-as-you-contemplate-your_1054547.jpg) > [A bad short story or novel or poem leaves one comparatively calm because it does not exist, unless it gets a fake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/a-bad-short-story-or-novel-or-poem-leaves-one-comparatively-calm/) [Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/rebecca-west-1248_books_a-bad-short-story-or-novel-or-poem-leave_2306503.jpg) > [Bad criticism has followed things like comic books or TV, and they put down a medium. A medium cannot be inherently good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-stoll/bad-criticism-has-followed-things-like-comic-books-or-tv-and-they-put/) [Corey Stoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-stoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/corey-stoll-14800_book_bad-criticism-has-followed-things-like-c_2705139.jpg) > [It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd be lying if I said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keeley-hawes/it-s-a-healthy-thing-to-get-some-bad-criticism-i-m-still-here-and-i-m/) [Keeley Hawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keeley-hawes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/keeley-hawes-12925_bad_it-s-a-healthy-thing-to-get-some-bad-cri_3044161.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-criticism/#itemlist", "name": "Bad Criticism Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I first prepared this particular talk... I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That is, a lot of the things that I do, that most people do, are because they hate something somebody else has done, or they hate that something hasn't been done. And I realized that informed criticism has completely been done in by the web. Because the web has produced so much uninformed criticism. It's kind of a Gresham's Law-bad money drives the good money out of circulation. Bad criticism drives good criticism out of circulation. You just can't criticize anything.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Kay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-kay/when-i-first-prepared-this-particular-talk-i-realized-that-my-usual/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/alan-kay-7358_approach_when-i-first-prepared-this-particular-ta_25153.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/alan-kay-7358_approach_when-i-first-prepared-this-particular-ta_25153.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/alan-kay-7358_approach_when-i-first-prepared-this-particular-ta_25153.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I first prepared this particular talk... I realized that my usual approach is usually critical. That…” — Alan Kay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Guys like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, they'll take bad criticism in a good way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gary Payton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-payton/guys-like-kobe-bryant-lebron-james-kevin-garnett-they-ll-take-bad/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/gary-payton-4951_bad_guys-like-kobe-bryant-lebron-james-kevin_65907.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/gary-payton-4951_bad_guys-like-kobe-bryant-lebron-james-kevin_65907.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/gary-payton-4951_bad_guys-like-kobe-bryant-lebron-james-kevin_65907.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Guys like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, they'll take bad criticism in a good way.” — Gary Payton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Bad criticism recites rote arguments. The shame of rote arguments isn't just that they're cliches, though they are, but that they tend to hide from us why a critic is actually thinking what they're thinking.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michelle Dean" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-dean/bad-criticism-recites-rote-arguments-the-shame-of-rote-arguments-isn/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/michelle-dean-7717_bad_bad-criticism-recites-rote-arguments-the_352708.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/michelle-dean-7717_bad_bad-criticism-recites-rote-arguments-the_352708.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/michelle-dean-7717_bad_bad-criticism-recites-rote-arguments-the_352708.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Bad criticism recites rote arguments. The shame of rote arguments isn't just that they're cliches, though…” — Michelle Dean", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“So the challenge, as you contemplate your next opportunity to be boring or remarkable, is to answer these two questions: (1) \"If I get criticized for this, will I suffer any measurable impact? Will I lose my job, get hit upside the head with a softball bat, or lose important friendships?\" If the only side effect of the criticism is that you will feel bad about the criticism, then you have to compare that bad feeling with the benefits you'll get from actually doing something worth doing. Being remarkable is exciting, fun, profitable, and great for your career. Feeling bad wears off. And then, once you've compared the bad feeling and the benefits, and you've sold yourself on taking the remarkable path, answer this one: (2) How can I create something that critics will criticize?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Seth Godin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/so-the-challenge-as-you-contemplate-your-next-opportunity-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/seth-godin-152_feeling-bad_so-the-challenge-as-you-contemplate-your_1054547.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/seth-godin-152_feeling-bad_so-the-challenge-as-you-contemplate-your_1054547.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/seth-godin-152_feeling-bad_so-the-challenge-as-you-contemplate-your_1054547.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So the challenge, as you contemplate your next opportunity to be boring or remarkable, is to answer these…” — Seth Godin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A bad short story or novel or poem leaves one comparatively calm because it does not exist, unless it gets a fake prestige throughbeing mistaken for good work. It is essentially negative, it is something that has not come through. But over bad criticism one has a sense of real calamity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rebecca West" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/a-bad-short-story-or-novel-or-poem-leaves-one-comparatively-calm/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/rebecca-west-1248_books_a-bad-short-story-or-novel-or-poem-leave_2306503.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/rebecca-west-1248_books_a-bad-short-story-or-novel-or-poem-leave_2306503.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/rebecca-west-1248_books_a-bad-short-story-or-novel-or-poem-leave_2306503.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A bad short story or novel or poem leaves one comparatively calm because it does not exist, unless it gets a…” — Rebecca West", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Bad criticism has followed things like comic books or TV, and they put down a medium. A medium cannot be inherently good or bad.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Corey Stoll" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-stoll/bad-criticism-has-followed-things-like-comic-books-or-tv-and-they-put/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/corey-stoll-14800_book_bad-criticism-has-followed-things-like-c_2705139.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/corey-stoll-14800_book_bad-criticism-has-followed-things-like-c_2705139.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/corey-stoll-14800_book_bad-criticism-has-followed-things-like-c_2705139.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Bad criticism has followed things like comic books or TV, and they put down a medium. A medium cannot be…” — Corey Stoll", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't get to you reading the negative stuff.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Keeley Hawes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keeley-hawes/it-s-a-healthy-thing-to-get-some-bad-criticism-i-m-still-here-and-i-m/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/keeley-hawes-12925_bad_it-s-a-healthy-thing-to-get-some-bad-cri_3044161.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/keeley-hawes-12925_bad_it-s-a-healthy-thing-to-get-some-bad-cri_3044161.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/keeley-hawes-12925_bad_it-s-a-healthy-thing-to-get-some-bad-cri_3044161.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd be lying if I said it…” — Keeley Hawes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-criticism/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-criticism/", "name": "Bad Criticism Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-criticism/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/alan-kay-7358_approach_when-i-first-prepared-this-particular-ta_25153.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 7 Bad Criticism quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Bad Criticism sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-criticism/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-criticism/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Bad Criticism Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-criticism/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```