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It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood. ↗

— Hu Shih

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One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it. ↗

— Paul Simon

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It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished. ↗

— Paul Simon

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When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

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If you're going to say to all the people that you're working with, 'We want you to treat the customers honestly; don't lie and don't cheat,' it is somewhat hypocritical if you're not following the same rules. ↗

— James Sinegal

#customers #following #going #honestly #hypocritical

Nothing could ever stop Kiss. I've seen the band in down times where critics were like vultures circling overhead saying things like, 'Well, you know it's the end of your career.' ↗

— Paul Stanley

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The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print. ↗

— Daniel Starch

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Time is the only critic without ambition. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

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There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

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