Quotes for All
Creativity is contagious. And so is banality. Criticism is an art in itself. Don’t let the dullness around destroy the creativity within. T.S. Eliot said, \”honest criticism and sensitive appreciation is directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry.\” Good to remember. Elif Safak
The complaint about modern steel furniture, modern glass houses, modern red bars and modern streamlined trains and cars is that all these objets modernize, while adequate and amusing in themselves, tend to make the people who use them look dated. It is an honest criticism. The human race has done nothing much about changing its … Read more
The concept of loyalty is distorted when it is understood to mean blind acceptance. It is correctly interpreted when it is assumed to cover honest criticism. Dag Hammarskjold
People fed on sugared praises cannot be expected to feel an appetite for the black broth of honest criticism. Agnes Repplier
Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.
Rachel Cusk