Let us return for a moment to Lady Lovelace’s objection, which stated that the machine can only do what we tell it to do. One could say that a man can “inject” an idea into...

If only it were as easy to do the work of othersas it is to criticize their performance.

Envy is a sign of insecurity, yes; but so is longing to be envied.

Outside of the dreary rubbish that is churned out by god knows how many hacks of varying degrees of talent, the novel is, it seems to me, a very special and rarefied kind of literary...

In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.

sometimes in your works, give people the opportunity to express their ignorance; then you prove the wrong with your works.

An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all are not able to write books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.

When virtues are pointed out first, flaws seem less insurmountable.

Wealthy people attract critics like wealthy ships attract pirates.

Just as no monkey is as good-looking as the ugliest of humans, no academic is worthier than the worst of the creators

People are more inclined to ask what’s wrong than what’s right. They note errors and faults, seeing weaknesses before strengths. So expect criticism; it’s the nature of the beast.

Only yourself can critizice your ideas for you are the only one who knows where are they coming from and how they were born.

People love to Criticize,If you are criticized dont worry,Do what you feel is moral and right, Because you’ll be criticized anyway.

Hard to remember these days that there was a time you had to wait for the ink and paper reviews to see your work excoriated. With the invention of the internet, any subliterate cretin can...

If you can’t fully believe in your ideas, it very quickly communicates to a group of actors who need something to hold onto. They need to believe that whatever criticism, whatever comment is received, is...

I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my ideas.

He liked to think of himself as a merciless vivisector probing into the palpitating entrails of his own soul.

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, orperhaps of subconsciousness—I wouldn’t know. But I amsure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

The words with which a child’s heart is poisoned, whether through malice or through ignorance, remain branded in his memory, and sooner or later they burn his soul.

Never take advice about never taking advice. That is an old vice of men – to dish it out without being able to take it – the blind leading the blind into more blindness.

The thing about stereotyping is it’s usually just throwing rocks into a crowd hoping to hit somebody who deserves it.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.

It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing their imperfections.

When the demons of criticism have fled the thoughts, the Angels of beauty preside – oh cheerful sweet world exorcised!

Criticism is hypocrisy; society is hypocrisy. I’m a tourist. I’m a consumer. I do the things that I photograph and can be criticized of.

These reasonings will furnish us with an adequate definition of a true critic: that he is a discoverer and collector of writers’ faults. Which may be farther put beyond dispute by the following demonstration: that...

She turned to examine Dr. Breed, looking at him with helpless reproach. She hated people who thought too much. At that moment, she struck me as an appropriate representative for almost all mankind.

…when people oppose your view, you can become a lightning rod, but if I were you, I’d let them stew…

We need very strong ears to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure frank criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act...

The more criticism I get, the more it gives me a stronger urge to win. So I try harder.

Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring

So as an amateur Olympic competitor I loved criticism, because it made me better. But now as a professional I don’t really know how to channel it or where to take it, so I don’t...

Every author believes, when his first book is published, that those that acclaim it are his personal friends or impersonal peers, while its revilers can only be envious rogues and nonentities.

The future is unwritten. there are best case scenarios. There are worst-case scenarios. both of them are great fun to write about if you’ re a science fiction novelist, but neither of them ever happens...

I am no more annoyed when I think of the expression, than I should be annoyed by a man’s opinion of a picture of mine, who had no eye for pictures; or of a piece...

Make no mistake. You are your most important critic and your conscience your most important judge of character.

Why do they [Americans] quarrel, why do they hate Negroes, Indians, even Germans, why do they not have science and poetry commensurate with themselves, why are there so many frauds and so much nonsense? I...

Don’t fall flat to deception; thousand criticisms can never drift your dream through one millimetre unless you give them the audacity. Be in-charge; you are unstoppable!

Don’t judge yourself by your past; you no longer live there.

Let’s realise that criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home. Let’s realise that the person we are going to correct and condemn will probably justify himself o herself, and condemn us in return.

There is a fine line between fair criticism and jealous assault.

But ‘I worked hard on this’ doesn’t exempt you from criticism. Those harsh reviews aren’t about anyone being out to get me. It’s not an Authors vs. Reviewers thing. It’s people taking the time to...

Those who write ill, and they who ne’er durst write,Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.

Don’t criticise the person who talks to himself; maybe he’s the best company available.

Fascist movements kill off their critics, literally or metaphorically, while democratic movements value, invite and even welcome criticism.

We are all guilty of sin, error, and moments of sheer stupidity; none of us should be casting stones. The occasional arced pebble might be overlooked.

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body; it calls attention to the development of an unhealthy state of things. If it is...

Excuses, criticisms, and superstitions are vitamins for haters, but poison for the successful. Rise above!

That’s what artists and athletes do day in and day out. Whether you see them at work or not the process is ongoing. They are working to achieve their heart’s desire to either enlighten or...

I have learned to be kinder to myself, to imagine that I am my own best friend, whispering comforting words in my ear and drowning out the voices of Self-Doubt and Self-Criticism. I have learned...