Criticism Quotes

The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive.

Dodi got a lot of criticism when he began dating Princess Diana. No one seemed to think he was good enough for her.

I like criticism. It makes you strong.

I take compliments and I take constructive criticism. Not everyone loves you. It's the way you react as a footballer. I use it all to make me play better.

Philosophical theories or ideas, as points of view, instruments of criticism, may help us to gather up what might otherwise pass unregarded by us.

The most destructive criticism is indifference.

Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism.

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.

I've had trouble with criticism, I guess. It's hard to know what role criticism plays in either encouraging poets or in getting other people to read them.

If there's criticism of my work that's legitimate. I'm ready to hear of it.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

I think the big thing I've had going for me in that regard has been the success of the league. I don't have quite as much control over things as people believe, so I frequently receive more credit than I deserve, and occasionally more criticism as well.

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen.

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.

Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on.

Great companies have high cultures of accountability, it comes with this culture of criticism I was talking about before, and I think our culture is strong on that.

Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why it's not working and why it would work if they did it a different way.

Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive.

The truth is that the more responsible the media outlet, the more responsive they are to constructive criticism.

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.

I've written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism.

Read a ton. Take a workshop course so you learn to give and get criticism.

It's much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we've made a very modest movie.

Many French directors, having now realised there was no more real criticism, that the standards of the past have gone, are very offended about the quality of film criticism.

Finding the right form of debate regarding Israeli policies will remain a challenge in Germany. Even with every conceivable and warranted criticism, the danger always arises that it will be exploited by those who consciously or unconsciously present anti-Semitism in a new guise.