Quotes about Criticism

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Sympathy is the first condition of criticism. — Henri Frederic Amiel
Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of wh — Harold Bloom
Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what real — Paula Abdul
Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies — Henry Steele Commager
Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested. — Andrea Bocelli
I'm always up for collaborating with brands and people who actually design, but doing your own line is a whole other bea — Travis Scott
I've never really understood the criticism that climbing is inherently selfish, since it could equally be argued about v — Alex Honnold
The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and en — Walter Benjamin
Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art. — Harry S Truman
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. — John Updike
As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide. — Jane Campion
The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent. — Malcolm Gladwell
When trying to start a company, your enemy isn't criticism, anger or insults. Your enemy is apathy. — Gil Penchina
Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it. — Howard Mumford Jones
Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequac — John Kenneth Galbraith
To silence criticism is to silence freedom. — Sidney Hook
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism. — Wole Soyinka