“The primary problem is to learn to be your own toughest critic. You have to pay attention to intelligent work, and to work at the same time. You see. I mean, you’ve got to bounce off better work. It’s matter of working.” MeanMatterProblemPayAttentionIntelligentCriticsPrimariesPay AttentionWorking ItBounce Author:Garry Winogrand
“I'll write, because I'll give - You critics means to live; For should I not supply - The cause, the effect would die” GivingShouldWritingMeanDiesCausesEffectsCriticsShould I Book:Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine Source: Hesperides; or, Works both human and divine
“We are Wikipedians. This means that we should be: kind, thoughtful, passionate about getting it right, open, tolerant of different viewpoints, open to criticism, bold about changing our policies and also cautious about changing our policies. We are not vindictive, childish, and we don't stoop to the level of our worst critics, no matter how much we may find them to be annoying.” ShouldKindMayMeanDifferentMatterLevelsWorstPolicyCriticismCriticsPassionateThoughtfulBe KindAnnoyingCautiousViewpointsStoopsVindictive Author:Jimmy Wales
“You find very few critics who approach their job with a combination of information and enthusiasm and humility that makes for a good critic. But there is nothing wrong with critics as long as people don't pay any attention to them. I mean, nobody wants to put them out of a job and a good critic is not necessarily a dead critic. It's just that people take what a critic says as a fact rather than an opinion, and you have to know whether the opinion of the critic is informed or uninformed, intelligent of stupid -- but most people don't take the trouble.” PeopleKnowsWantMeanLongFactsJobsPayAttentionOpinionTroubleStupidInformationHumilityApproachCriticismIntelligentCriticsEnthusiasmCombinationUninformed Book:Conversations with Edward Albee Source: Conversations with Edward Albee