372 quotes found
“The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.”
“But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism.”
“The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly.”
“Forget to criticize, but never forget to enjoy criticism.”
“A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.”
“Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
“If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.”
“Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius an...”
“Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, orperhaps of subconsciousnessI wouldn't know. But I amsure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.”
“There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. I love music passionately. And because l love it, I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it. It is a free art gushing ...”
“Unless we learn to criticize friends, we shall never find true ones.”
“I stared at her. "But she drugged us.""That is no longer news, dumbass. Are you going to ask why she drugged you?""Allright," I said, narrowing my eyes. "Why?""Because, dear October, you're the mos...”
“You'd challenge me and lose. You know it, I know it, but you'd still do it. Sometimes your sense of honor confuses the hell out of me.”
“He who disagrees with you could be correct whilst he who cheers you on could be making a mistake. Ponder.”
“When you judge another, you judge a child of God, and when you condemn another, you condemn your Heavenly Father.”
“It is always easier to find fault and criticize than it is to find beauty and appreciation.”
“If you have to criticize, do it with deep understanding and love.”
“Never fear criticism. Use the information to grow your thinking power.”
“The fear of criticism stagnates the power of creativity.”
“Anyone can criticize. It is important to be a person who can appreciate and show the way to betterment.”
