Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.
Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic but don't give it more attention than it deserves.
I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism.
Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on.
I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
Only those who are in-charge are tackled and criticized by others so criticism is something desirable and should not be resented.
The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
I've often been accused of spending more time and energy criticizing my fellow Democrats than criticizing Republicans.
One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.
Study so that you are able to meet arguments of your opponents. Equip your ideology with supporting arguments. If you oppose a prevailing belief, if you criticize a great person who is considered to be an incarnation, you will find that your criticis...
Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.
Parenthood is the opiate of the masses.
In the 'Mass Effect' universe, there is zero ad libbing.
Tell The Truth , and Shame The Devil.
A brick could be used to silence your critics. Well, unless all your critics are mutes.
The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion.
Don’t be a critic. The critic is to art what the limp penis is to sex.
Critical thinking is a necessary and vital skill". ~R. Alan Woods [2012]
It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it.
The truth is not that we need the critics in order to enjoy the authors, but that we need the authors in order to enjoy the critics.
