Alfred Lord Tennyson Quotes, Criticism Quotes, Locks Quotes

A louse in the locks of literature.

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O why do I ever let anyone read what I write! Every time I have to go through a breakfast with a letter of criticism I swear I will write for my own praise or blame in future. It is a misery.

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A great deal of contemporary criticism reads to me like a man saying, 'Of course I do not like green cheese. I am very fond of brown sherry.

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Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of religion, and the authority of legislation, are by many regarded as grounds for exemption from the examination by this tribunal, But, if they are exempted, and cannot lay claim to sincere respect, which reason accords only to that which has stood the test of a free and public examination.

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And you, my Critics! in the chequer'd shade, Admire new light thro' holes yourselves have made.

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Next to the joy of the egotist is the joy of the detractor.

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I want no criticism of America at my table. The Americans criticize themselves more than enough.

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Criticism is painful when it's not done with love.

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Criticism is only words about words, and of what use are words about such words as these?

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Pay no attention whatsoever to newspaper nonsense or criticism. Be sincere and do your duty. Everything will come all right. Truth must triumph.

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Blame is safer than praise

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Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.

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I'm not saying I'm impervious to criticism.

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It is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shouting at you.

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To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else.

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To my eye Rubens' colouring is most contemptible. His shadows are a filthy brown somewhat the colour of excrement.

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It is the beginning of all true criticism of our time to realize that it has really nothing to say, at the very moment when it has invented so tremendous a trumpet for saying it.

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Critics are already made.

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Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.

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It's useful for activists just to be out there to keep you mindful and not get complacent, even if ultimately you think some of their criticism is misguided.

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