Criticism Quote by Matthew Arnold

Criticism is the endeavour to find, to know, to love, to recommend, not only the best, but all the good, that has been known…

— George Saintsbury

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. The power of invention has been conferred by nature…

— Samuel Johnson

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps…

— Samuel Johnson

I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other,…

— Ezra Pound

Criticism is something that you have to take, regardless of what you do.

— Thomas Sadoski

Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an art.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own.

— Anonymous

But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

— Emile M. Cioran

Valid criticism is something that we are open for, and we take it in the spirit in which it is given and try to…

— Urjit Patel

“CRITICISM is part of LEARNING and GROWTH. It means that you are taking INITIATIVES to learn something new and grow over from your current…

— Sanjeev Himachali

Criticism is an interesting beast. For some of us, it can be received, regardless of tone, and used to learn more about ourselves and…

— Mark Brand