#criticism

I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other, probably antecedent to writing; of no value unless it come to fruit in the created work later. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#come #consider #created #criticism #excitement

For years Don Imus was just - boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt. ↗

— Dan Rather

#criticism #his #hurt #just #justified

If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back. ↗

— Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards

#criticism #duck #feathers #keep #off

Nobody is that thick-skinned that it doesn't hurt you. Still, you always know what happens in football. I have got used to criticism, I suppose, having been high profile with England and Man U. ↗

— Bryan Robson

#been #criticism #england #football #got

Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#deceives #few #few people #good #people

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. ↗

— George Eliot

#agreeable #ask #criticisms #friends #pass

But, when I had this feeling and started painting sacred art, as I had this feeling to do, then it come to me: my problem is I'll get a lot of criticism and another problem is my work's not good enough to sell. ↗

— Howard Finster

#art #come #criticism #enough #feeling

Political criticism is our enemies' best friend. ↗

— Bernard Kerik

#best friend #criticism #friend #our #political

If I have one criticism of the other late-night shows, it's that they're almost entirely scripted. ↗

— Jimmy Kimmel

#criticism #entirely #i #late-night #other

Directors who turn into big babies and shut out criticism stop learning. ↗

— Richard King

#big #criticism #directors #into #learning