"In art, rebellion is consummated and perpetuated in the act of real creation, not in criticism or commentary."
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"An artist must only judge of what he understands, his field is just as limited as that of any other specialist... That in his sphere there are no questions, but only answers, can only be maintained by those who have never written and have had no experience of thinking in images."
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"When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself."
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"Despite the warnings of other times, the impetuous and the confident continue their indiscriminate cultivation of weeds at the expense of occasional flowers."
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"The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens."
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"Criticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance."
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"One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself"
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"If you and I want to stir up a resentment tomorrow that may rankle across the decades and endure until death, just let us indulge in a little stinging criticism - no matter how certain we are that it is justified."
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"One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it."
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"If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion."
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"In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me."
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"You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art."
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"Candor is the brightest gem of criticism."
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"Doubt is an element of criticism, and the tendency of criticism is necessarily skeptical."
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"A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't."
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"Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive."
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"On the way up here to the podium, a gentleman came up to me and said, "Governor, you are as good a politician as you were an actor." What a cheap shot."
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"You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism."
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"Homeopathy is insignificant as an act of healing, but of great value as criticism on the hygeia or medical practice of the time."
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"Whatever you do, you need courage."
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