Quotes on “criticism”

A creative life cannot be sustained by approval any more than it can be destroyed by criticism.

Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart; do not let compliments go to your head and criticisms to your heart; do not let success go to your head and failure to your heart.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.

I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.

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.

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 motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.