Criticism Quotes

1866 Criticism quotes by 1229 unique authors

My wife and I, unlike many intellectuals, spent five years working on assembly lines. We came to fully understand the criticisms of the industrial age,… — Alvin Toffler
Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art. — Harry S. Truman
The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism is balanced and… — Malcolm Turnbull
All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it. — Ted Turner
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all. — Mark Twain
I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being… — Shania Twain
People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have. — Anne Tyler
Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. — John Updike
Criticism can be devastating. When push comes to shove, we are all very sensitive. — Steve Vai
Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. — Jean Vanier
It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life.… — Donatella Versace
Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go… — Swami Vivekananda
Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor… — Kurt Vonnegut
It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become than for the children one's 'mature' critics often are. — Alice Walker
I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism. — David Walliams
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage… — William Arthur Ward
Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches. — Andy Warhol
After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others. — Edith Wharton
To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You… — Ai Weiwei
China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance. Even my slightest,… — Ai Weiwei
The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that… — Wim Wenders
I'm not saying that President Obama should be exempt from criticism, nor do I believe it is some act of racial treason for a black… — Cornel West
Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience. — Rebecca West
My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent. — Vivienne Westwood
The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. — Oscar Wilde

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