Top Criticism Quotes

I am my own biggest critic. Before anyone else has criticized me, I have already criticized myself. But for the rest of my life, I am going to be with me and I don't want to spend my life with someone...

Do not share your thoughts with people who think that what you are thinking is not worth thinking.

Criticism Definition

(n.) The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a literary performance, or of a production in the fine arts; as, dramatic criticism.

(n.) The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.

I have tonight begun reading a stupid, shitty book by Kerouac called , and I would give a ball to wake up tomorrow on some empty ridge with a herd of beatniks grazing in the clearing about 200 yards b...

Magicians made magic but critics made it tricks.

A lot of people who find out about the things I do immediately figure I'm just a pathetic "druggie" with nothing to say that is worth hearing. They talk endless bull shit of "recovery!" They make it s...

There is always something behind what is wrong and to change what is wrong, mind the things behind what is wrong! So many people are quick enough to see what is wrong only, and they criticize so blind...

This philistinism of interpretation is more rife in literature than in any other art. For decades now, literary critics have understood it to be their task to translate the elements of the poem or pla...

Like almost all of Beefheart's recorded work, it was not even "ahead" of its time in 1969. Then and now, it stands outside time, trends, fads, hypes, the rise and fall of whole genres eclectic as walk...

Criticism addressed to a person can only be of benefit if it was said in the right way and at the right time.

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

People who use snark attacks confuse cleverness with cruelty.

Not until we leave bad situations for worst situations, we shall least value and appreciate bad situations which shield us from the worst situation

You can kill a book quicker by your silence than by a bad review.

A rose does not answer its enemies with words, but with beauty.

Most people say that Shakespeare rocked merely because most people say that Shakespeare rocked.

Criticize me if you can, but that won't stop me from saying what i like, my mouth is mine, and not yours.

Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.

The IGAD-Plus's compromise peace agreement is probably pregnant with a noisy, perhaps thunderous baby.

To listen to critics, pro or con, and take their words to heart is to subcontract your self-esteem to strangers. (from Workbook)

She swallowed the ridicule & washed it down with criticism, It was far sweeter than the taste of obscurity.