Criticism Quotes
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The author Goya is convinced that it is as proper for painting to criticize human error and vice as for poetry and prose to do so, although criticism is usually taken to be exclusively the business of literature.
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Don't leave criticism of the E.U. to those who hate it.
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Mysticism is in fact the only criticism people cannot level against my theory.
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In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.
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I personally read criticism - at least by writers I enjoy - to stimulate a conversation in my own mind, and I like to think that's the function I serve for others.
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Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear.
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The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.
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We are not a court - not a judge or jury at work - but we've tried to apply the highest possible standards of rigorous analysis to the evidence where we make a criticism.
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I'm no stranger to criticism. You're never going to be good enough, or just the right thing in everybody's eyes.
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I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
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I hold with the old-fashioned criticism that Browning is not really a poet, that he has all the gifts but the one needful and the pearls without the string; rather one should say raw nuggets and rough diamonds.
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Sectarian feelings and criticism of other teachings or other sects is very bad, poisonous, and should be avoided.
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I am not a critic; to me criticism is so often nothing more than the eye garrulously denouncing the shape of the peephole that gives access to hidden treasure.
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I really hate to be put in the position of trying to justify something, a decision that was made. I'm a military guy: when a decision is made, I go along with it, whatever the manufactured controversy and criticism.
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In one sense, you put a lot of yourself into a small press - it's your personal tastes that are on the line - so when criticism is levelled it can feel personal. But, on the other hand, it can be very welcome and necessary. You're never entirely impervious, and one of the main benefits of being a small operation is that you can change the way you do things quickly in response to criticism. In all instances it pays to have a sense of humour and perspective.
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I don't give any merit to criticism. 'Country Girls (Shake it for Me),' I can see where people view that as sexist, but I just view that as having fun.
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But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.
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When a couple decides to divorce, they should inform both sets of parents before having a party and telling all their friends. This is not only courteous but practical. Parents may be very willing to pitch in with comments, criticism, and malicious gossip of their own to help the divorce along.
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I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather than simply the individuals in the populations and species.
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It is in the nature of science that once a position becomes orthodox it should be suggested to criticism.... It does not follow that, because a position is orthodox, it is wrong.
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Independent character is like independent thought, it cannot be developed without criticism.
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My views have changed as much as the world, and more precisely, the world of art. You have to remember that all my criticisms of the institution were done directly from the world I was in and my analysis of it. Many things that I said about the omnipotence of the museums, for example, are today almost obsolete. In fact, the museum and the institution drastically lost their power by the pure fact that they disseminated by thousands around the world.
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Worry is itself an illness, since worry is an accusation against Divine Wisdom, a criticism of Divine Mercy.
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Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection.
