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Image of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Image of Pankaj Mishra
The asymmetries of power that have shaped relations between the West and the rest of the world also exist in the realm of literary criticism.
- Pankaj Mishra
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Image of Matthew Arnold
I am bound by my own definition of criticism : a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world.
- Matthew Arnold
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Image of Seth Godin
Nobody says, 'Yeah, I'd like to set myself up for some serious criticism!' And yet, the only way to be remarkable is to do just that.
- Seth Godin
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Image of Neil Gaiman
I suspect that most authors don't really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by the shipload every fifteen minutes or so.
- Neil Gaiman
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Image of Seth Godin
Criticism comes to those who stand out.
- Seth Godin
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Image of Ricky Gervais
The best way to avoid criticism is never do anything ever. Or, do what you love, have a great life & let others spend their time criticising.
- Ricky Gervais
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Image of Sara Sheridan
The net has provided a level playing field for criticism and comment - anyone and everyone is entitled to their opinion - and that is one of its greatest strengths.
- Sara Sheridan
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Image of Northrop Frye
A snowflake is probably quite unconscious of forming a crystal, but what it does may be worth study even if we are willing to leave its inner mental processes alone.
- Northrop Frye
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Image of Marcus Aurelius
Remember that all is opinion.
- Marcus Aurelius
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Image of Ernest Holmes
The thought of judgment, criticism and condemnation must, in time, operate against the one who sets it into motion.
- Ernest Holmes
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Image of Steve Inskeep
Republicans are now trying to stop Donald Trump. And there was much more ferocious and widespread criticism from Republicans of Trump this time around.
- Steve Inskeep
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Image of Mehmet Murat Ildan
Power is not to resist the criticisms; power is to seek for something useful to use amongst the criticisms!
- Mehmet Murat Ildan
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Image of E. W. Howe
Probably you have noted the resemblance of the critic to the crank.
- E. W. Howe
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Image of Napoleon Hill
One way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and to be a nobody. The world will then not bother you.
- Napoleon Hill
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Image of Gerard Manley Hopkins
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.
- Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Image of Frank Herbert
Unfortunately most criticism is by poseurs. They use their comments about someone else's work as a platform on which to strike poses. What they're really saying is: "Look at me! Look at me!"
- Frank Herbert
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Image of W. H. Auden
Criticism should be a casual conversation.
- W. H. Auden
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Image of Herbie Hancock
I look for what's of value and extract that. I don't look to criticize.
- Herbie Hancock
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Image of Marvin J. Ashton
Constant criticism can wear one down and weaken knees.
- Marvin J. Ashton
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Image of Carl Jung
Criticism can be effective when there is something that must be destroyed or dissolved, but it is capable only of harm when there is something to be built.
- Carl Jung
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Image of Thomas a Kempis
Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
- Thomas a Kempis
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Image of Immanuel Kant
Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination.
- Immanuel Kant
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Image of Aldous Huxley
Parodies and caricatures are the most penetrating of criticisms.
- Aldous Huxley
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Image of Victor Hugo
I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one.
- Victor Hugo
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Image of Immanuel Kant
Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected.
- Immanuel Kant
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Image of Erica Jong
In a world not made for women, criticism and ridicule follow us all the days of our lives. Usually they are indications that we are doing something right.
- Erica Jong
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Image of Joseph Joubert
Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary.
- Joseph Joubert
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Image of Samuel Johnson
Sir, there is no end of negative criticism.
- Samuel Johnson
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Image of Robert Kennedy
A life without criticism is not worth living.
- Robert Kennedy
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Image of Byron Katie
Until you look forward to all criticism, your Work's not done.
- Byron Katie
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Image of Elia Kazan
Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
- Elia Kazan
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Image of Aleksandra Mir
Of course, I'd welcome protest. Good criticism is hard to find.
- Aleksandra Mir
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Image of Rush Limbaugh
Was any criticism of Obama permitted? It was not. We can't criticize the president of the United States. Why? Because he's African-American. And any criticism is said to be racist. And so we have more racists in America today than we've ever had by definition of criticizing the president.
- Rush Limbaugh
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Image of Karl Kraus
A pun, though despicable in itself, can be the noblest vehicle of an artistic intention by serving as the abbreviation of a wittyview. It can be a social criticism in the form of an epigram.
- Karl Kraus
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Image of Monica Lewinsky
Constructive criticism is legitimate, but when it escalates to vitriol, it affects us all, because celebrities and influencers are part of the collective consciousness.
- Monica Lewinsky
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Image of Walter Lippmann
Only the very rarest of princes can endure even a little criticism, and few of them can put up with even a pause in the adulation.
- Walter Lippmann
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Image of Kate Zambreno
The nonfiction novel or literary memoir as authored by women is usually given a much harder time in mainstream criticism.
- Kate Zambreno
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Image of Rush Limbaugh
George W. Bush will not offer one word of criticism for any president. Not Clinton. Not Obama.
- Rush Limbaugh
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Image of Abraham Lincoln
Don’t criticize them; they are just what we would be under similar circumstances.
- Abraham Lincoln
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Image of Jamaica Kincaid
I've never let the criticism deter me.
- Jamaica Kincaid
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Image of Spike Lee
Critics like to build you up, tear you down, and then, if you're lucky, build you up again.
- Spike Lee
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Image of Karl Marx
...it is all the more clear what we have to accomplish at present: I am referring to ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid of conflict with the powers that be.
- Karl Marx
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Image of Judith Martin
When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.
- Judith Martin
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Image of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I am more afraid of deserving criticism than of receiving it.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Image of Eva Mendes
I love constructive criticism.
- Eva Mendes
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Image of W. Somerset Maugham
But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.
- W. Somerset Maugham
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Image of George Lucas
Over time I began to realize that the level of cinema criticism in the last part of XX century in the United States was pretty low. The institution itself is not what it's supposed to be, and I realized that I didn't need to take that seriously.
- George Lucas
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Image of Karl Barth
Scientific dogmatics must devote itself to the criticism and correction of Church proclamation and not just to a repetitive exposition of it.
- Karl Barth
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