"Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise." — Giuseppe Verdi
"Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise."
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Giuseppe Verdi
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11 Quotes by Giuseppe Verdi
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It is better to invert reality than to copy it.
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The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as…
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Oh blessed a thousand times the peasant who is born, eats and dies without anybody bothering about his affairs.
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The artist must yield himself to his own inspiration... I should compose with utter confidence a subject that set my…
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Through care taken over trends, the desire to be novel and affectation knowledge, we repudiate our art, our instinct, our…
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Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening. And now along…
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I adore art...when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and…
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A man like Verdi must write like Verdi.
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To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.
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You may have the universe if I may have Italy.
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More Criticism Quotes
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Dare to risk public criticism.
— Mary Kay Ash
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Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.
— Mary Kay Ash
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We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against…
— Julian Assange
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The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule,…
— Rowan Atkinson
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Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's…
— Kevin Bacon
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
— Enid Bagnold
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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the…
— James A. Baldwin
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It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.
— Charles Baudelaire
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A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.
— Jean Baudrillard
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and…
— Joseph Addison
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People react to criticism in different ways, and my way is definitely to come out fighting.
— David Beckham
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