Quotes about criticism
criticism analysis adequate
No definition of poetry is adequate unless it be poetry itself. The most accurate analysis by the rarest wisdom is yet insufficient, and the poet will instantly prove it false by setting aside its requisitions. It is indeed all that we do not know. Henry David Thoreau
criticism judgment condemnation
The thought of judgment, criticism and condemnation must, in time, operate against the one who sets it into motion. Ernest Holmes
criticism revolutionary opposition
All criticism is opposition. All opposition is counter-revolutionary. Fidel Castro
criticism different dull
We have been educated to such a fine - or dull - point that we are incapable of enjoying something new, something different, until we are first told what it's all about. We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation. In short, the blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way. Henry Miller
criticism five-senses creation
We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation.
criticism description critics
Great critics do not explicate a text; they describe it and then report on what they have described, if the description itself is not the criticism. Gore Vidal
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I've never let the criticism deter me. Jamaica Kincaid
criticism stuff facts
Criticism does not make you smarter or better than the one you are criticizing. In fact, the stuff you are critical of in others is the same stuff you don't like about yourself. Iyanla Vanzant
criticism candour gems
Candour is the brightest gem of criticism. Isaac Disraeli
criticism noble rivals
The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.
criticism merit
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
criticism construction observation
Criticism is not construction, it is observation. George William Curtis
criticism world endeavour
Criticism is the endeavour to find, to know, to love, to recommend, not only the best, but all the good, that has been known and thought and written in the world. George Saintsbury
criticism used novel
I used to get criticized for putting food in novels. Jim Harrison
criticism reviews worst
If we wear our worst reviews like a backpack, they travel with us. Jennifer Love Hewitt
criticism sometimes constructive
Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive. Chris Martin
criticism facts judgment
To substitute judgments of fact for judgments of value is a sign of pedantic and borrowed criticism. George Santayana
criticism would-be harm
If criticism had any power to harm, the skunk would be extinct by now. Fred Allen
criticism deserve
No work deserves to be criticized that has not much in it that deserves to be applauded.
criticism passionate honest
Literary criticism has about it neither rigour nor proof. Where it is honest, it is passionate, private experience seeking to persuade. George Steiner
criticism critics criticize
What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you. Jean Cocteau
criticism height scientist
A good scientist values criticism almost higher than friendship: no, in science criticism is the height and measure of friendship. Francis Crick
criticism critics fairs
Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are. Jean Rostand
criticism scrutiny subjects
Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism. Halle Berry
criticism critics turns
A critic is one who leaves no turn unstoned. George Bernard Shaw
criticism waste wasting-time
There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time. Fredrik Bajer
criticism cynicism entering faith gratitude hate leave leaving love others power room simply trails
Every person has the power to make others happy.Some do it simply by entering a room --others by leaving the room.Some individuals leave trails of gloom;others, trails of joy.Some leave trails of hate and bitterness;others, trails of love and harmony.Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism;others trails of faith and optimism.Some leave trails of criticism and resignation;others trails of gratitude and hope.What kind of trails do you leave?
criticism evolution serious
So they really think... serious criticism of evolution is a joke.
criticism critics-and-criticism encourage front
One criticism I have is that I always encourage them not to get out in front of the science.
criticism failure threatens
The study of literature threatens to become a kind of paleontology of failure, and criticism a supercilious psychoanalysis of authors. John Updike
criticism interview management needed profound suggested winner
Bagwell did one interview that suggested that management did their part, now it's up to us to do our part. That's a pretty profound statement, especially here where the criticism has been that we haven't always done what we needed to do to put a winner on the field. Gerry Hunsicker
criticism great hear ignored isolated shows worrying
They all ignored the invitations. But this shows a great deal. It shows that the authorities are isolated from new ideas. They don't want to hear criticism or analysis. This is a very worrying sign.
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With hindsight many people who indicated criticism of GEAR would say 'there is no glory in debt'. Trevor Manuel