#criticism

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise. ↗

Starting with the hypothesis that all the characters in Women in Love suffer from acute dissociation of sensibility, it becomes clear that psychological reintegration is no longer possible for them, and complete divorce between reason and emotion, mind and body, is imminent. As a result, the characters become mental or physical in basic nature and are symbolically presented accordingly. ↗

— John E. Stoll

#love

It’s commonplace to nitpick on minor faults. But it's exceptional to correct them through enlargement. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #self-improvement #funny

Somehow I took whatever criticism there was very much to heart. ↗

— Dusty Springfield

#heart #i #much #somehow #took

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#destroying #enough #gentle #growth #his

I mean, the part you don't like, I mean, that's the only part. That's the part no one likes, and that is the criticisms, and the unfair criticisms, I might add, of my husband. But that's also just a fact of life in politics. ↗

— Laura Bush

#also #criticisms #fact #husband #i

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

The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

#periodical #sift #stamp #use #work

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book. ↗

— Malcolm Cowley

#be kind #book #considerate #criticism #good

The fact that Obama is getting criticism from the left and the right might reflect his understanding of the underlying political dynamics. ↗