Criticism Quote by Georgia O'Keeffe

I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.

— Anonymous

I don't feel any real animosity towards critics when they write negative things. I think some are more perceptive than others. Some are very…

— Peter Doig

It's very hard, I think, for critics to write positive reviews, because there's not that much to say about something you like. You can…

— Mitchell Hurwitz

Most critics write critiques which are by the authors they write critiques about. That would not be so bad, but then most authorswrite works…

— Karl Kraus

Any negative review you write, they'll say, "Oh, you're being so mean." I think the problem with a lot of criticism is that too…

— Jerry Saltz

The thing about having an audience right there laughing is that critics can write what they want, but the proof is right there in…

— Chris Rock

Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.

— Maya Angelou

Obviously all writers, all artists, have their own internal critics; as they write they are being self-critical.

— Edna Longley

“Critics write words but they don't write the future.”

— Jon Gordon

Critics write out of intellectual exercise, not poets. Poets write straight from the heart.

— Erica Jong

I find Nigeria very frustrating. I am not alone in this. There are many Nigerians abroad. As you know, the brain drain is just…

— Chinua Achebe

Whatever excites you, go do it. Whatever drains you, stop doing it.

— Derek Sivers

It was October again ... a glorious October, all red and gold, with mellow mornings when the valleys were filled with delicate mists as…

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

People project a grey energy that is very destructive to weaken you, to drain you - just as the snake uses position to capture…

— Frederick Lenz

When they started to drain a swamp where birds and fish had lived, for a new housing development down the road from his apartment,…

— Maile Meloy