Quotes 81 till 100 of 109.
-
The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.
(2005) -
The only true criticism of high art is silence, silence as grand as heaven itself.
-
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
-
The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
-
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
-
Theater criticism should be visceral, at least on some level, an articulation of that fierceness and passion. I usually do a fair amount of research before I see a show - on the history of previous productions (if it's a revival) and the creative team.
-
There is always an appeal open from criticism to nature.
Works (1787) -
There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.
-
There is the silent criticism of silence, worth all the rest.
Friends in Council II, ch. 2 -
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
-
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
-
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.
-
To many people dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.
-
To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That's why I don't listen to anything that's anonymous. But it's hard; when there's something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.
-
To what derision should I be exposed from a thousand quarters!- An unlearned female entering the lists of criticism against the mighty Johnson!
-
Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
-
Unless criticism refuses to take itself quite so seriously or at least to permit its readers not to, it will inevitably continue to reflect the finicky canons of the genteel tradition and the depressing pieties of the Culture Religion of Modernism.
-
We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none the worse for articulating what passes in our minds when we read a book and feel an emotion about it, for criticizing our own minds in their work of criticism.
-
We protest against unjust criticism but we accept unarmed applause.
-
When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart.
All criticism famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 5)
