77 Quotes About Critique

Spinoza or Nietzsche are philosophers whose critical and destructive powers are without equal, but this power always springs from affirmation, from joy, from a cult of affirmation and joy, from the exigency of life against those who would mutilate and mortify life. For me, that is philosophy itself.

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

Never presume to know a person based on the one dimensional window of the internet. A soul can’t be defined by critics, enemies or broken ties with family or friends. Neither can it be explained by posts or blogs that lack facial expressions, tone or insight into the person’s personality and intent. Until people “get that”, we will forever be a society that thinks Beautiful Mind was a spy movie and every stranger is really a friend on Facebook.

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

I surround myself with books when I write, thus surrounding myself with writers... only they don't critique me and then get up for coffee.

I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art.

Critique don't criticize.

It's rather disconcerting to sit around a table in a critique of someone else's work, only to realize that the antagonist in the story is none other than yourself, and no one present thinks you're a very likable character.

Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.