Criticism Quotes

1866 Criticism quotes by 1229 unique authors

Nothing, of course, will ever take the place of the good old fashion of 'liking' a work of art or not liking it; the more… — Henry James
If babies held the same tendency toward self-criticism as adults, they might never learn to walk or talk. Can you imagine infants stomping, 'Aarggh! Screwed… — Dan Millman
Making judgments on films is in many ways so peculiarly vaporous an occupation that the only question is why, beyond the obvious opportunities for a… — Joan Didion
We may never become accustomed to untrue and unjust criticism of us but we ought not to be immobilized by it. — Neal A. Maxwell
I used rebellion as a way to hide out. We use criticism as a fake participation. — Chuck Palahniuk
Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they… — Jorge Luis Borges
What care I if it be "wild and improbable" and "lacking in literary art"? I refuse to be any longer hampered by such canons of… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
It is said that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people. According to psychiatrists, the fear of public… — Robert Kiyosaki
The future is unwritten. there are best case scenarios. There are worst-case scenarios. both of them are great fun to write about if you' re… — Bruce Sterling
A snowflake is probably quite unconscious of forming a crystal, but what it does may be worth study even if we are willing to leave… — Northrop Frye
Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need. — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The first step to change,... is accepting your reality right now. Honoring your process. Compassionate self-awareness leads to change; harsh self-criticism only holds the pattern… — Dan Millman
Different authors have different points of view. You can't just say, 'I believe in the Bible. — Bart D. Ehrman
There are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A good book deserves an active reading. The activity of reading does not stop with the work of understanding what a book says. It must… — Mortimer Adler
I still found literary criticism to be a suspect activity — Alison Bechdel
What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but an absence of self-criticism. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
This has been her problem all her life: picturing other people's responses. She's too good at it. She can picture the response of anyone--other people's… — Margaret Atwood
Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself. — Anthony Trollope
If we wear our worst reviews like a backpack, they travel with us. — Jennifer Love Hewitt
Sadly, at a time when so much sophisticated cultural criticism by hip intellectuals from diverse locations extols a vision of cultural hybridity, border crossing, subjectivity… — Bell Hooks
Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,- criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by… — W. E. B. Du Bois
As soon seek roses in December, ice in June, Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff Believe a woman or an epitaph Or any… — Lord Byron
To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless. — Deepak Chopra
Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it.… — Jean Cocteau

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