The perfect critic is one ... that sees with the eyes of posterity. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work. — Margaret Fuller Copy Share Image
He who first praises a book becomingly is next in merit to the author. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
“Excessive praise arises from the same bigotry matrix as excessive criticism.” — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
Criticism changes with the fashion of the time. A story is always a story. — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism. — Will Self Copy Share Image
It is in the nature of science that once a position becomes orthodox it should be suggested to criticism… It does not… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, histories and criticism. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
For many years I have devoted articles and essays to newspapers, from the inside. So criticism of the newspapers was a topic… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Remind your critics when they say you don't have the expertise or experience to do something that an amateur built the ark… — Peyton Manning Copy Share Image
When I became a poet, the Korean literary world expected women poets to sing passively of love. Naturally, this was not written… — Kim Hyesoon Copy Share Image
If on your own or by the criticism of others you discover error in your work, correct it then and there; otherwise… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
the most censorious are generally the least judicious; who, having nothing to recommend themselves, will be finding fault with others. No man… — Ellin Devis Copy Share Image
I just think some people don't like me. They don't like what I do or what I stand for or who I… — Jason Sehorn Copy Share Image
If I sought to answer all of the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would be engaged in little else in… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“The literary text seems like "a fortified medieval town –foreigners and outsiders are repelled, or allowed in only after rigorous checks, but… — Jeremy Hawthorn Copy Share Image
“Sadly, but certainly, a promising genre of literature in poetry that began with pomp and a loud thud, a banger and an… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
Eric Roberts, for all the criticism he gets, is at least having fun with the script. His decision to devour large swaths… — Phillip Sandifer Copy Share Image
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
One of the things I always underscore when I teach criticism is that young critics, or would be critics, frequently have this… — Gary Giddins Copy Share Image
There are intellectual vagabonds, to whom the hereditary dwelling-place of their fathers seems too cramped and oppressive for them to be willing… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
When we refuse to work with our disappointment, we break the Precepts: rather than experience the disappointment, we resort to anger, greed,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
After illuminating the work of Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Louise Bourgeois, Balthus, and other modern artists, Mieke Bal again demonstrates her extraordinary flair for… — Jonathan Culler Copy Share Image
I have no concern with any economic criticisms of the communist system; I cannot inquire into whether the abolition of private property… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
The Bible stands apart from all other books, and has survived and will survive all the attacks of its enemies. It is… — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
We [may] answer the question: "Why is snow white?" by saying, "For the same reason that soap-suds or whipped eggs are white"-in… — William James Copy Share Image
![“We [may] answer the question: "Why is snow white?" by saying, "For the same reason that soap-suds or whipped eggs are white"-in other words, instead of giving the reason for a fact, we give another example of the same fact. This offering a similar instance, instead of a reason, has often been…” quote by William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/william-james-228_abstract_we-may-answer-the-question-why-is-snow-w_906888.jpg)
