Criticism Quotes

1866 Criticism quotes by 1229 unique authors

I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly. I make up my own mind about it-how good… — Georgia O'Keeffe
You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot… — Samuel Johnson
I never read anything concerning my work. I feel that criticism is a letter to the public which the author, since it is not directed… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest! — Arthur Conan Doyle
We don't criticize. Criticism is an enemy. You've got to make loving, positive suggestions. — Dorothy Sarnoff
The critics are generally wrong, or they're fifteen, twenty years late. It's a great shame. They miss out on a lot. — Ray Bradbury
A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution. — Dustin Hoffman
When people (talk trash) about you, you have to keep it moving, keep the records hot and keep your head up. — Ashanti
The simplest kind of guidance (critique) comes every day, and many times a day in the form of discomfort. — Barbara Brennan
Criticism challenges current findings. The effort to defend one's position can lead to deeper insights or consideration of options previously not considered. — Robert Redford
People call you this or that. But I can't respond because then it seems like I'm defensive, you know, what does it matter, really? — Bob Dylan
The naysayers, they don't mean a thing. — Venus Williams
The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. — Bill Parcells
People who are criticizing... don't really get it, because if they did, they would like it. — Gwyneth Paltrow
We read critics for the perceptions, for what they tell us that we didn't fully grasp when we saw the work. The judgments we can… — Pauline Kael
Birdy never felt artistic inclination when armed with a marking implement. What came to her were words, always words, commentary and criticism and correction and… — Antonya Nelson
I was amplifying the negative at the expense of the positive, not to serve any useful function, not to make my writing better, but to… — Seth Godin
Critics don't want to see directors they like make too much of a left turn. That's good for criticism. — Quentin Tarantino
As I don't consider myself exceptional, but simply a storyteller, each of my stories is really a period of my life. Deep down I feel… — Federico Fellini
Most criticism of advertising is written in ignorance of what actually happens inside these agencies. — Michael Schudson
Criticism is easier to take when you realize that the only people who aren’t criticized are those who don’t take risks. — Robert Kiyosaki
At bottom, textual criticism for virtually all other ancient literature relies on creative conjectures, or imaginative guesses, at reconstructing the wording of the original. Not… — Daniel B. Wallace
Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work. — Ezra Pound
What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism. — Octavio Paz
Sniper is a movie whose politics are so ludicrous and idiotic that under normal circumstances it would be beneath criticism. The only thing that forces… — Matt Taibbi

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