I lose my patience, and I own it too, When works are censur'd, not as bad but new; While if our Elders break all reason's laws, These fools demand not pardon but Applause.
The dread of criticism is the death of genius.
I'm neither shy nor impressed by media and press. It's just another industry to me. My response to the criticism was, "I work with a steel factory. Why can't I work with the media?"
Finding the right form of debate regarding Israeli policies will remain a challenge in Germany. Even with every conceivable and warranted criticism, the danger always arises that it will be exploited by those who consciously or unconsciously present anti-Semitism in a new guise.
I can't deal with criticism very well. I've already got it from one angle. I don't need it from anything else.
If you really look at my lyrics, nobody's exempt. Nobody's exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction.
[Many artists], even the greatest ones, are not sure of their own existence. So they search for proof, they judge, they condemn. It strengthens them, it is the beginnings of existence. They are alone!
The movie's only serious criticism is reserved for Baker's television network, which doesn't think Americans care about Afghanistan - kind of hypocritical given this film's lack of substance.
I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way you'd get any feedback.
Poetry is about as much a 'criticism of life' as red-hot iron is a criticism of fire.
I'm not here to win a popularity contest. I'm here to work and have a career. Let the haters hate. I'm ready for the criticism.
Taking to pieces is the trade of those who cannot construct.
The criticism that has most consistently bothered me is the allegation that I'm a schlockmeister whose only objective is to shock people.
The public only takes up yesterday as a stick to beat today.
We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.
The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history.
Time is the only critic.
I used to get criticized for putting food in novels.
Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.
The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism.