Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.
Criticism is the forerunner of divorce, the cultivator of rebellion, sometimes an agent that leads to failure.
Time and time again I was told that I would never make the film on time and never make it on budget. That kind of criticism tends to turn me into a great big motor of efficiency.
Criticism starts - it has to start - with a real passion for reading. It can come in adolescence, even in your twenties, but you must fall in love with poems.
I have never believed that the critic is the rival of the poet, but I do believe that criticism is a genre of literature or it does not exist.
I think the criticism that I take to heart is from other writers that I respect.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to live with himself.
Whatever you do, you need courage.
Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man.
The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens.
It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.
It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those qualities, who spent his whole life appraising and describing the work of other men.
To be just, that is to say, to justify its existence, criticism should be partial, passionate and political, that is to say, written from an exclusive point of view, but a point of view that opens up the widest horizons.
Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone.
Nothing that goes on in anyone else's mind can harm you.
Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.
Encourage me, and I will not forget you.
We're not trying to entertain the critics ... I'll take my chances with the public.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.
Criticism polishes my mirror.
You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables.
Slander is worse than cannibalism.
It's better to say, 'I'm suffering,' than to say, 'This landscape is ugly.
Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good; if meagre, muddy, vapid and sour, both are fit only to engender colic and wind; but if rich, generous and sparkling, they communicate a genial glow to the spirits, improve the taste, and expand the heart.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world
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