“It is all very well for people with fine arts degrees, but for ordinary people like myself, we want a statue to look like the person.” PeopleWantWellsLooksPersonsArtFineDegreesOrdinaryCriticismOrdinary PeopleStatuesFine ArtsArts Degrees Author:Ken Livingstone
“Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for it. The function of the mere critic is of very subordinate usefulness. It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger.” MenLooksActionFightingPoorDangerHe ManOughtBattleCriticismFunctionStressMereCriticsDeedsSubstitutesIndispensableUsefulnessSubordinatesDoers Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“This fear of criticism displayed by the advocates of freedom of criticism cannot be attributed solely to craftiness. No, the majority of the Economists look with sincere resentment upon all theoretical controversies, factional disagreements, broad political questions, plans for organising revolutionaries, etc.” LooksPoliticalPlansCriticismMajorityRevolutionaryEtcSincereBroadsResentmentEconomistControversyTheoreticalDisagreementCraftiness Book:Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh Source: Izbrannye Proizvedenii͡a V Trekh Tomakh