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 heeded in time, danger may be averted; if it is suppressed, a fatal distemper may develop."
[New Statesman interview, 7 January 1939]
Tags: criticism
They have a Right to censure, that have a Heart to help: The rest is Cruelty, not Justice.
(Frequently misquoted as "He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.")
Tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln misquote criticism helping-others volunteerism 1693
How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
Benjamin DisraeliInterpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.
Susan SontagTags: intelligence art scholarship criticism art-criticism scholars interpretation critique
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.
Herman MelvilleAny fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.
Dale CarnegieTags: criticism fools misattributed-ben-franklin condemnation complaint
Bosch is great because what he imagines in color can be translated into justice.
Edward DahlbergTags: criticism
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.
Carlos Ruiz ZafónTags: words child memory criticism verbal-abuse
When someone offers you lines like that, he must be Mephistopheles and you must be Faust. You know you shouldn't succumb to such language, but you succumb.
William LoganI do not mean to object to a thorough knowledge of the famous works we read. I object only to the interminable comments and bewildering criticisms that teach but one thing: there are as many opinions as there are men.
Helen KellerTags: reading books opinions literature criticism classics elitism snobbery
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