(1786 quotes found)
“Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes.”
Elvis Presley
“The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.”
William Faulkner
“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.”
Dale Carnegie
“I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.”
Winston Churchill
“Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.”
Jean Sibelius
“To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise, to receive honors with humility -- these are marks of maturity and graciousness.”
William Arthur Ward
“I like criticism, but it must be my way.”
Mark Twain
“Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.”
“That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it is concerned simply with oneself. It is more delightful than philosophy, as its subject is concrete and not abstract, real and not vague. It is the only civilized form of autobiography.”
Oscar Wilde
“The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things”
Jean de la Bruyere
