“ I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free. Georgia O'Keeffe
“ I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art. Kamand Kojouri
“ Whenever they are condemning weaves or breast implants, some people speak so passionately that their false teeth almost fall out. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it. Matshona Dhliwayo
“ In my experiences, the common critic of Christianity, when he thinks of Christianity, imagines a sort of elementary, Sunday School blunder of elements: fiery Hell, an angry God, 'try not to sin', 'be… Criss Jami
“ As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion. Matshona Dhliwayo
“ Programming your mind with positive thoughts each day will go a long way to keep you from allowing external criticism to derail your dreams. Ken Poirot
“ If you want to know how negative you are, pay attention to how much you hate negativity in other people. Fragile, artificial positivity needs always to be surrounded by more positivity in order to sta… Criss Jami
“ If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle. Matshona Dhliwayo
“ I had people saying 'it's all in your head'. Do you honestly think I want to feel this way? Sonia Estrada
“ With the growth of civilisation in Europe, and with the revival of letters and of science in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the ethical and intellectual criticism of theology once more recomm… Thomas Henry Huxley
“ One of the easiest things in life is to judge others. One of the simplest things we can ever do is to tell how wrong people are. One of the most thoughtless things we can ever do is to show people the… Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“ Negative people will always be there to stain your pure image with their dirty tongues and brushes, but you'll always remain as white as snow, no matter how high the quality of paint they use. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ Outside of the dreary rubbish that is churned out by god knows how many hacks of varying degrees of talent, the novel is, it seems to me, a very special and rarefied kind of literary form, and was, fo… Gilbert Sorrentino
“ Just as no monkey is as good-looking as the ugliest of humans, no academic is worthier than the worst of the creators Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“ Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow behind, for it is a writer's habit to remember nothing good of himself. I h… Ben Hecht
“ I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and… Mark Twain
