Quote by Peter H. Johnston

When ideas are young and vulnerable, criticism can be lethal.

— Janet Echelman

“Some writers are rejected for the very creativity that is often needed and used to inspire the world.”

— T.J. Mihaila

“Comparison is the enemy to creativity.”

— E'yen A. Gardner

“Now there was an alternative explanation: people disagreed about Quality because some just used their immediate emotions whereas others applied their overall knowledge.”

— Robert M. Pirsig

Criticism is as often a trade as a science, requiring, as it does, more health than wit, more labour than capacity, more practice than…

— Jean de la Bruyere

“Criticism demands infinitely more culture than artistic creation.”

— Pierre Bayard

“Criticism is not a circumscription or a set of prohibitions. It provides fixed points of departure. It may startle a dull reader into alertness.”

— Ezra Pound

“When dealing with critics always remember this: Critics judge things based on what is outside of their content of understanding.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“Neglecting criticizing the ideas and putting them on the knowledge scale, pushes the person towards a dead end tunnel; it has no way out…

— Maryam Abdullah Alnaymi

Art cannot be criticized because every mistake is a new creation

— Mr. Brainwash

“A little conflict can create a lot of creativity.”

— Richie Norton

“What if I began to believe that the critique isn’t just an unwelcome part of the art-making process but might actually make the art…

— Emily P. Freeman