Criticism Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-pulling, but guiding, instructive, and inspirational--a south wind and not an east wind.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It has often been remarked of the Scottish character, that the stubbornness with which it is moulded shows most to advantage in adversity, when…

— Walter Scott

You know reviewers, they are the wind in their own sails.

— Barbara Kingsolver

On the whole, however, the critic is far less of a professional faultfinder than is sometimes imagined. He is first of all a virtue-finder,…

— Robert Wilson Lynd

Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Criticism can be effective when there is something that must be destroyed or dissolved, but it is capable only of harm when there is…

— Carl Jung

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

— Dolly Parton

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

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

— William Arthur Ward

Very often adverse criticism goes to craft, and that sounds an alarm to which attention should be paid.

— Dorothy Salisbury Davis

It is amazing willpower reason of attitude of the winds have changed, otherwise a bit of straw man, what is important ahead of the…

— Mak_786

The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion.

— Walter Benjamin