Criticism Quotes - Page 14

I have the worst ear for criticism, even when I have created a stage set I like, I always hear the woman in the back of the dress circle, who says she doesn't like blue.

People call you this or that. But I can't respond because then it seems like I'm defensive, you know, what does it matter, really?

If you don't live by the praise of men you won't die by their criticism.

Sadly, at a time when so much sophisticated cultural criticism by hip intellectuals from diverse locations extols a vision of cultural hybridity, border crossing, subjectivity constructed out of plurality, the vast majority of folks in this society still believe in a notion of identity that is rooted in a sense of essential traits and characteristics that are fixed and static.

Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.

In art, rebellion is consummated and perpetuated in the act of real creation, not in criticism or commentary.

The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

Taking constructive criticism from others is required to get to the next level.

The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid.

Culture is only true when implicitly critical, and the mind which forgets this revenges itself in the critics it breeds. Criticism is an indispensable element of culture.

We insist on near perfection in everyone except ourselves. But if our course is questioned we become offended.

Even the purest of teachers will face bitter criticism from those who feel threatened by him.

Although many things can be said in criticism of religious faith, there is no discounting its power. Millions among us, even now, are quite willing to die for our unjustified beliefs, and millions more, it seems, are willing to kill for them.

The anxiety around such work [vulnerably written ethnographies] is that it will prove to be beyond criticism, that it will be undiscussable.

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.

It's hard to see a film one time and really "get it," and write fully and intelligently about it. That's a review. That's not film criticism.

Blame is safer than praise

Expressing criticism of society is not being a grouch.

Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together.

He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

I like people to come back and tell me what I did wrong. That's the kindest thing you can do.

What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.

Mindfulness is deliberately paying full attention to what is happening around you-in your body, heart and mind. Mindfulness is awareness without criticism or judgment.

Nothing is complete and thus nothing is exempt from criticism.