W. H. Auden Quotes

Criticism is fine and conversation is fine, but the person who's criticizing should know what they're saying and whom they're criticizing.

Personally, I hope that we British continue to criticise America - just as I hope Americans will criticise us. That is what friends do.

A critic must accept what is best in a poet, and thus become his best encourager.

Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you.

I love constructive criticism.

Reproof is a medicine, like mercury or opium; if it be improperly administered, it will do harm instead of good.

To criticize one's country is to do it a service.... Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism-a higher form of patriotism, I believe, than the familiar rituals and national adulation.

That is an amazing experience, because we with director Christian Petzold know whenever we criticize each other, it's for the best, and you don't find that very often, that you trust each other so much. That's a special thing.

The right to criticize must be earned, even if the advice is constructive in nature.

It is amazing how many people act as if the right to free speech includes the right to be free of criticism for what you say - which means that other people should not have the same right to free speech that they claim for themselves.

I like people to come back and tell me what I did wrong. That's the kindest thing you can do.

Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary.

Be Hard on the issue, Soft on the person.

It is a fallacy to think that carping is the strongest form of criticism: the important work begins after the artist's mistakes have been pointed out, and the reviewer can't put it off indefinitely with sneers, although some neophytes might be tempted to try: "When in doubt, stick out your tongue" is a safe rule that never cost one any readers. But there's nothing strong about it, and it has nothing to do with the real business of criticism, which is to do justice to the best work of one's time, so that nothing gets lost.

My mother gave me an understanding that as good as you think you are, you're not so great. There's always room for improvement. The reality is when people don't have someone to give them a sense of guidance, and say, "Hey, man, that's not happening," it's really hard.

If you're criticized then you can use it as an experience. Compliments, you can't use.

As a top manager, you have to not just reward truth-telling, you've got to beg for it, and you've got to demand that everyone around you gives you constructive criticism, constantly. You've got to get out of the bubble, so that you can get direct feedback from everybody who's being affected.

Never criticize, unless you can do a better job.

Don't Criticize, Condemn, Or Complain.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

It's so important for people in political groups to learn the difference between productive criticism and not. When it's about something you can change, it's productive. But if it's just like "You are an evil person", you can't change that. There's no way around that.

Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.

It's good to have critics because that's what motivates you and helps you take your game to another level.