At aged eleven, you’re learning taking criticism every day and making it a positive thing – otherwise you will never make it in ballet.
Robert Lewandowski has had some criticism, but he knows how to find the net.
Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.
The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in.
You just have to learn to live with the criticism even if it is unfair. It is a fact of life.
I’ve been around long enough to know that a good deal of the praise heaped on me I had nothing to do with. The only thing I did object to was the fact that where the criticism was actually wrong. Did it bother me? Of course it bothered me. But I’ve been around long enough to have ups and downs. So you get over it.
Jesus was loyal to his apostles, with full knowledge of their cowardice. He was loyal to the poor, accepting the criticism of the Pharisees, so the destitute would never feel deserted. He was loyal to his father, accomplishing his will even unto death.
In one’s relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.
I divide criticism into two categories – one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
While we would love to have no criticism, probably if we had no critique, we wouldn’t be doing anything meaningful.
I think women don’t grow up with the harsh world of criticism that men grow up with, we are more sensitively treated, and when you first experience the world of film-making you have to develop a very tough skin.
There is still an element of the BBC that feels it is somehow wrong, or it will be open to criticism, if it makes more money.
After I left Treasury, I think in some ways it was harder to sit there and be writing my book… listening to all the criticism.
The characteristic shared by people at the top of their profession is that, to get better, they crave criticism. Most people don’t like criticism, but if you are trying to shave two tenths of a second at 800 metres, that is what you crave.
I went through ups and downs as a young player dealing with criticism and things of that nature. To finally win that first NBA championship, it was definitely a relief of a lot of pressure and frustration we dealt with as a team. It was great to bring a championship to the city of Chicago.
If someone feels afraid to tell you honest criticism, then you’re never going to improve.
Marilyn Manson is a criticism of gimmickry, while being itself a gimmick.
I’ve been online doing all kinds of research and that seems to be the constant criticism, that Aibileen’s accent was just too thick. And for me, I don’t want anything to distract from the character.
We knew the European players that went to the NBA and had great careers, and we knew the ones that went and had terrible careers or finished early. We were prepared for a lot of criticism.
To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That’s why I don’t listen to anything that’s anonymous. But it’s hard; when there’s something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.
Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought.
I used to read the criticism on blogs about other people – mostly female actresses and singers – and even when they are extremely perfect and harmless, people still go after them. So I figure, if I’m going to get negativity regardless, why do I have to worry about what somebody thinks of me?
There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.
You will get criticism throughout your career. All the best players have had it at some stage, and they haven’t let it ruin their careers. I won’t, either.
Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten.
I take the constructive criticism only.
I’ve never had any problem with criticism. I’ve given a lot, and I’ve copped a lot. But I believe I’ve got a role to play by insisting that women be judged by their contribution – not somebody’s view of what they should be about.
Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.
Whenever a political regime or religious establishment refuses to tolerate criticism, it advertises itself as repressive, backward, and insecure.
While growing up I faced criticism not on the basis of gender but on my appearance. I was bullied and body-shamed.
One of the common responses to criticism of psychics is to suggest that even if their powers are illusory, there is no harm done. After all, the audience seem to enjoy the show and Sally and the theatres certainly enjoy the profits.
You have to be able to shut out everything else, all the distractions and criticism. There’s a lot of work that went on off the pitch, a lot of conversations, to make that happen.
Chernobyl’ is supposedly about the lies, arrogance, and suppression of criticism under Communism, but the mini-series portrays life in the Soviet Union in the 1980s as inaccurately, and melodramatically, as it portrays the effects of radiation.
I was playing and having a lot of success, but I also felt a lot of criticism behind it. I didn’t know why.
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.
When I make criticism, it’s constructive. It’s not right only to focus on the negatives.
Criticism is something that you have to take, regardless of what you do. Even if you go out there and try to make the most vanilla, non-offensive TV show possible, people are going to criticize you for doing that. It’s just part of the game.
Die Like a Rich Boy’ has, for me, some of the strongest lyrical content I’ve heard in many years; an epic love song laced with dark imagery and acerbic social criticism.
Criticism only hurts when there’s some truth in it.
You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony.
There has been a rising tide of criticism about China’s treatment of foreign companies.
I’ve probably put up with more criticism than a lot of people out there. At the end of the day, you block out everything, especially with your personal life.
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.
Critics do their job, and I take their criticism seriously.
Criticism is important for an actress, and it depends on how you take it. I take it positively and try to learn from it.
Mesut is someone who gets a lot of criticism, but the players who are around him are very happy to have him and play with him. He makes things very easy for us.
In order to figure this artmaking stuff out, it’s trial and error and experimentation, and takes some time and hard thinking. Putting work out in many forms and stages is an extension of how I see things. I feel the art process is best served when it invites comments and constructive criticism from people.
Dare to risk public criticism.
Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
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.
After I started getting criticism for doing ‘Big Brother,’ someone told me that Hugh Downs used to host ‘Concentration’ and Mike Wallace used to do ‘The Big Surprise.’ I thought, Huh, maybe that door isn’t sealed shut if I want to do ’60 Minutes’ one day.
Criticism doesn’t worry me.
Being a good leader requires remembering that you’re there for a reason, and the reason certainly isn’t to have your way. High-integrity leaders not only welcome questioning and criticism – they insist on it.
I’m not saying that President Obama should be exempt from criticism, nor do I believe it is some act of racial treason for a black person to hold our president accountable for his actions.
Indeed, ‘The Second Plane’ is such a weak, risible, and often objectionable volume that the reader finishes it convinced that Mr. Amis should stick to writing fiction and literary criticism, as he’s thoroughly discredited himself with these essays as any sort of political or social commentator.
I have dealt with criticism from my first drama, and I think that is a part of our profession. It brings me down but definitely pushes me to do better.
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 take it quite as well.
