Criticism Quotes

1866 Criticism quotes by 1229 unique authors

If an artist has talent, he needs no other critic. — Robert Breault
It's better to say, 'I'm suffering,' than to say, 'This landscape is ugly. — Wystan Hugh Auden
A pinch of praise is worth a pound of scorn. A dash of encouragement is more helpful than a dipper of pessimism. A cup of… — William Arthur Ward
Why...is the hunter who shoots a deer for venison subject to more criticism than the person who buys a ham at the supermarket? Overall, it… — Peter Singer
Fear of failure and criticism can be crippling. Don't let others' negativity take away your joy. — Lee Hammond
Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need… — David Brin
A great deal of contemporary criticism reads to me like a man saying, 'Of course I do not like green cheese. I am very fond… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Only the very rarest of princes can endure even a little criticism, and few of them can put up with even a pause in the… — Walter Lippmann
It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him. — Luc de Clapiers
People praise us behind our backs, but we hear them not; few before our faces, and who is not suspicious of the truth of such… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Remember that all is opinion. — Marcus Aurelius
You've got to save your own soul first, and then the souls of your neighbors if they will let you; and for that reason you… — George MacDonald
Were I wrong, one professor would have been enough. — Albert Einstein
When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after the works of the author who has written them, and by that means discover… — Joseph Addison
Criticism is painful when it's not done with love. — Alice Walker
To my eye Rubens' colouring is most contemptible. His shadows are a filthy brown somewhat the colour of excrement. — William Blake
If on your own or by the criticism of others you discover error in your work, correct it then and there; otherwise in exposing your… — Leonardo da Vinci
He only moves toward the perfection of his art whose criticism surpasses his achievement. — Leonardo da Vinci
Criticism ... makes very little dent upon me, unless I think there is some real justification and something should be done. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Long ago, I made up my mind that when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention to them, except when valid… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors. — John Dryden
Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well; the chiefest part of which is to observe those… — John Dryden
Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man. — Oliver Goldsmith
Your doubt can become a good quality if you train it. It must become knowing, it must become criticism. — Rainer Maria Rilke
I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not supply - The cause, the effect would die — Robert Herrick

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