Criticism Quotes

1866 Criticism quotes by 1229 unique authors

You should recognize that criticism is not always a put down. If you take it to heart, maybe it will guide the way you ought… — Unknown Author
I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.' But sure, criticism can sometimes still… — Melissa McCarthy
...don't criticize what you can't understand, your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. — Bob Dylan
Blame is safer than praise — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I look for what's of value and extract that. I don't look to criticize. — Herbie Hancock
Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism. — Wendell Phillips
Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism, are all too frequently those who . . . ignore some of the basic principles of… — Margaret Chase Smith
One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself — Mark Twain
My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. — Victoria Woodhull
I didn't get rattled by the criticisms. It is like delivering a baby. Some might say it has a flat nose or big eyes. But… — Unknown Author
We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none the worse for articulating what passes in our… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, I kiss'd the rod. — Alexander Pope
It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent his whole life… — H. L. Mencken
Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work rather that its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are. — Jean Rostand
Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in despair, so an unsuccessful author turns… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
One of the grotesqueries of present-day American life is the amount of reasoning that goes into displaying the wisdom secreted in bad movies while proving… — Harold Rosenberg
The greatest honor that can be paid to the work of art, on its pedestal of ritual display, is to describe it with sensory completeness.… — Camille Paglia
People who ask for your criticism want only praise. — W. Somerset Maugham
Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty gives us. — Oscar Wilde

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