In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre; they… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
One movement that I find interesting - this is not a movement in poetry necessarily, but there's a movement on a lot… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
Criticism is not religion, and by no process can it be substituted for it. It is not the critic's eye, but the… — John Campbell Shairp Copy Share Image
We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being… — Michel De Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Criticism must think of itself as life-enhancing and constitutively opposed to every form of tyranny, domination, and abuse; its social goals are… — Edward W. Said Copy Share Image
Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people… — Andrew Stanton Copy Share Image
When faced with senseless drama, spiteful criticisms and misguided opinions, walking away is the best way to stand up for yourself. To… — Dodinsky Copy Share Image
I think the level of criticism you're under is never healthy. I think that's why lots of people in Hollywood end up… — Lauren Conrad Copy Share Image
“What is this self inside us, this silent observer, Severe and speechless critic, who can terrorize us And urge us to futile… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A mood of constructive criticism being upon me, I propose forthwith that the method of choosing legislators now prevailing in the United… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
You have one of two choices. Either you can panic and start making frantic attempts to reform under the glare of these… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
The most destructive criticism has not been able to dethrone Christ as the incarnation of perfect holiness. The waves of a tossing… — Herrick Johnson Copy Share Image
You have to put all the criticism of this club down to jealousy. United have produced more players who have played for… — Alex Ferguson Copy Share Image
I get a lot of criticism for telling founders to focus first on making something great, instead of worrying about how to… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
I grew up in a predominantly Asian and Mexican community, and because I did breakdance and poplock and all that, I did… — Taboo Copy Share Image
The market won't let us treat all data equally because there's a potential to make huge gobs of money not doing that.… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
The aim of language...is to communicate...to impart to others the results one has obtained...As I talk, I reveal the situation...I reveal it… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
What I teach is literary criticism and comparative literature and so on and that's my function, but from time to time it's… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I always have done work on mythic relations since I started writing. I really want to be a novelist, or at least… — Marina Warner Copy Share Image
We do need maybe younger or more experienced judges but where you can get them I don't know. It's like in football,… — Callum Smith Copy Share Image
I've been very aware with the fact that being in the public eye, being on TV, being cast on 'Total Divas,' I'm… — Alexa Bliss Copy Share Image
all creative writers need a certain amount of time when they're creating something where nobody should criticize them at all - at… — Gena Rowlands Copy Share Image
I've been around long enough to know that a good deal of the praise heaped on me I had nothing to do… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I have followed the Church in giving our party program the character of unalterable finality, like the Creed. The Church has never… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
In the spiritual domain, criticism is love turned sour. In a wholesome spiritual life there is no room for criticism. The critical… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Pride has a greater share than goodness in the reproofs we give other people for their faults; and we chide them not… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Many people value criticism in the early stage of a relationship, but become allergic to it over time. Remember this: No one… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Learn to get in touch with the innermost essence of your being. This true essence is beyond the ego. It is fearless;… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“She recognized in Kelsey the nationalism of liberal Americans who copiously criticized America but did not like you to do so; they… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I am more afraid of deserving criticism than of receiving it. I stand in awe of my own opinion. The secret demerits… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
But, when I had this feeling and started painting sacred art, as I had this feeling to do, then it come to… — Howard Finster Copy Share Image
All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on my bread, because… — Nancy Grace Copy Share Image
As NVC replaces our old patterns of defending, withdrawing or attacking in the face of judgment and criticism. We come to perceive… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Has someone offended you? Has someone insulted you? Remember; insults and unjust criticism are like bad coins. You cannot avoid getting them,… — Dada JP Vaswani Copy Share Image
“She turned to examine Dr. Breed, looking at him with helpless reproach. She hated people who thought too much. At that moment,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
You don't market-research a novel; you really are writing it for yourself. It's a hobby, in many ways. The problem becomes what… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
American teens have the worst of all worlds ... Our children are bombarded and confronted with sexual messages, sexual exploitation, and all… — Faye Wattleton Copy Share Image
To be just, that is to say, to justify its existence, criticism should be partial, passionate and political, that is to say,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I had come from Poland and the attention on you is much bigger when you get to the Premier League, so everything… — Lukasz Fabianski Copy Share Image