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Quotations on Criticism 118 Quotes Found Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds. Sympathy is the first condition of criticism. Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt. Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure. National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services. Poetry; a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty. 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 it themselves. It's a really disgusting job. They must feel horrible inside. Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that. Give no time to finding fault of criticism. According to my principles, every master has his true and certain value. Praise and criticism cannot change any of that. Only the work itself praises and criticizes the master, and therefore I leave to everyone his own value. In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring. There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time. I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure. Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle. Politics calls for robust debate and criticism, but this should never descend to personal and demeaning slurs. The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion. The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion. The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy. Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press. Criticism starts - it has to start - with a real passion for reading. It can come in adolescence, even in your twenties, but you must fall in love with poems. There has certainly been criticism of the timing involved in getting help to the victims of the storm, and much of it may indeed be warranted. However, this is not the time for pointing fingers; rather, it is the time for offering a helping hand to our neighbors in need. People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare. But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the hurricane season that is 100 days away. And we don't have a lot of time to waste before we start to address that next set of challenges. Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval. Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive. I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise. The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can. If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that. Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval. I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect. I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly. Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years. I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring. The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film. But, when I had this feeling and started painting sacred art, as I had this feeling to do, then it come to me: my problem is I'll get a lot of criticism and another problem is my work's not good enough to sell. The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens. I have been frequently accused of deliberately twisting subject matter to my point of view. Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference. Opinion often consists of a kind of criticism. But criticism can come out of love. Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy. The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work. Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom. The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive. In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre; they are, at the same time, poetry, criticism, narrative, drama, etc. Time and time again I was told that I would never make the film on time and never make it on budget. That kind of criticism tends to turn me into a great big motor of efficiency. To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. He only profits from praise who values criticism. If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married. Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations. A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.
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