Art Quote by John McLaughlin Download Open image “To pay attention to flattery or criticism is a waste of time for artists.” — John McLaughlin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Attention Criticism Flattery Pay attention Time Waste of time
Flattery has a short battery life, but reminding people they are amazing and precious and wanted and works of art can truly change their… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
All artists, no matter who they are, have always come into contact with criticism. No one's gonna like what you do 100 percent of… — Erika Jayne Copy Share Image
When you're an artist, you're working, literally, for the sole purpose of art, and when people discredit you, it's probably the most disrespectful thing… — Kali Uchis Copy Share Image
I don't get involved in criticizing or extolling really good artists who do their job. That's for other people. — Neal Adams Copy Share Image
There's this notion that artists are supposed to be dumb and frivolous. I completely disagree with that. — Lauren Jauregui Copy Share Image
Sometimes an artist can be good and they don't get the response or the attention that they deserve. — Koffee Copy Share Image
But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Criticism really used to hurt me. Most of these critics are usually frustrated artists, and they criticise other people's art because they can't do… — Rosanna Arquette Copy Share Image
When I'm talking to an artist, I'm not being malicious when I tell them their music is wack. These are artists with mad money… — Charlamagne Tha God Copy Share Image
Any artist will tell you that when they get negative criticism of their work, it's personally hurtful to them. — Peter Clewes Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you can learn more from criticism than you can from flattery. — Doug McMillon Copy Share Image
Interplay and interaction are the integral parts of music - they're as important as the notes. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Miles Davis himself, I discovered him when I was 15, and he rocked my world. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
One of the advantages of playing in a club is that even with bass and drums, the atmosphere remains intimate with the audience. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
In a certain sense, these were lessons I learned by playing with Indian musicians. The rhythmic forms that they use are very complex, and… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The Beatles, they brought a whole new dimension to pop music. Of course, the psychedelic period is much more interesting to me, starting with… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Absolutely, all guitars are different. You can go into a store and grab five guitars, all the same model, and even though they look… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I practice all the scales. Everyone should know lots of scales. Actually, I feel there are only scales. What is a chord, if not… — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Music speaks from spirit to spirit and in that sense you could call it a true spiritual language. — John McLaughlin Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
