Appreciation Quote by Anonymous

Criticism is part of the creative man's journey, and I appreciate it.

— Marcus Samuelsson

Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry.

— T. S. Eliot

“Lie naked on the table, and let them cut. Criticism is surgery, and humility is the anesthetic that allows you to tolerate it. In…

— Molly Cochran

“Thus, since time immemorial, it has been customary to accept the criticism of art from a man who may or may not have been…

— Aristotle

“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their…

— Brad Bird

Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur…

— David Lehman

“Criticism as a form of knowledge is capable of robbing literature not only of its own implicit and explicit ideology but of its ideas…

— Toni Morrison

An artist's sensitivity to criticism is, at least in part, an effort to keep unimpaired the zest, or confidence, or arrogance, which he needs…

— Christopher Fry

Honest criticism and sensible appreciation are directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry.

— Anonymous

Poetry can be criticized only through poetry. A critique which itself is not a work of art, either in content as representation of the…

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

I can be upset by malice. Most critics are very poor poets. Poetry is a craft that takes a lot to appreciate, and there…

— Derek Walcott