#criticism

Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#background #become #criticism #forgotten #gestures

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#damning #i #judge #opposition #partisan

The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism. ↗

— David Lee Roth

#criticism #i #only #the only thing #thing

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#convention #conventional #criticism #departure #fury

Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

#change #criticism #explains #interest #japan

There are two kinds of power you have to fight. The first is the money, and that's just our system. The other is the people close around you, knowing when to accept their criticism, knowing when to say no. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#around #close #criticism #fight #first

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting! ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#criticism #hypocrites #may #most #though

For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ↗

— Helen Suzman

#current #i #like #mean #old

Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#backed #criticism #day #directors #entertainment

Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own point of view clear. ↗

— William Merritt Chase

#clear #criticism #kept #me #my own