To take an unequivocal stand, it seems to me, is of greater heuristic value and far more likely to stimulate constructive criticism than to evade the issue.
Composing for the prepared piano is not a criticism of the instrument. I'm only being practical.
I love my voice. But I'd be the first one to make a criticism of it, so I'm not the best person to critique because I'm pretty hard on myself.
You should recognize that criticism is not always a put down. If you take it to heart, maybe it will guide the way you ought to be going.
. . . smoking is just a habit. 'Tolstoy', she said, mentioning someone I hadn't met, 'says that just as much pleasure can be got from twirling the fingers'. My impulse was to tell her Tolstoy was off his onion, but I choked down the heated words. For all I know, the man might be a bosom pal of hers and she might resent criticism of him, however justified.
The most valuable gift one can receive is thoughtful criticism
There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize anyone. . . If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
Remember that all is opinion.
Criticism will plant FEAR in the human heart, or resentment, but it will not build love or affection.
The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform.
Listen to the criticisms and preferences of your trusted "first readers".
The genuine rationalist does not think that he or anyone else is in possession of the truth; nor does he think that mere criticism as such helps us achieve new ideas. But he does think that, in the sphere of ideas, only critical discussion can help us sort the wheat from the chaff.
Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic!
The sceptic will say, 'It may well be true that this system of equations is reasonable from a logical standpoint, but this does not prove that it corresponds to nature. ' You are right, dear sceptic. Experience alone can decide on truth.
Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good.
Belief may be a regrettably unavoidable biological weakness to be kept under the control of criticism: but commitment is for Popper an outright crime.
The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour.
I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers - the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors.
I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure.
you must learn to live as I do - in the face of constant criticism, opposition and censure. That, sir, is the English way.