“When, in 1913, in a desperate attempt to rid art of the ballast of objectivity, I took refuge in the form of the square... the critics... sighed, "All that we loved has been lost. We are in a desert"... But the desert is filled with the spirit of non-objective feeling.” Has BeensArtFeelingsFormSpiritLostFilledCriticsObjectivesDesertDesperateSquaresRefugeObjectivityBallast Author:Kazimir Malevich
“In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than he would ever do under a spirit of criticism.” MenWorldSpiritEffortGreaterHe ManCriticismMeetingsCriticsVariousWideGreat MenStationsAssociationApprovalExalted Book:Andrew Carnegie: His Methods with His Men Source: Andrew Carnegie: His Methods with His Men
“Critics ought never to be consulted, but while errors may yet be rectified or insipidity suppressed. But when the book has once been dismissed into the world, and can be no more retouched, I know not whether a very different conduct should not be prescribed, and whether firmness and spirit may not sometimes be of use to overpower arrogance and repel brutality.” KnowsWorldShouldWritingMayBookDifferentSometimesUseSpiritOughtErrorsCriticsArroganceBrutalityFirmness Book:Selected essays Source: Selected essays
“I understand the feelings of critics asked to come up with the ten best films of any year, who say, Ten? Ten's a lot! - and those more generous spirits whose thumbs grow as long as Pinocchio's nose from overrating a lot of pictures, because they want the medium to do well, and because they'd like to feel good about it.” WantFeelsYearsWellsLongFeelingsFilmSpiritGrowsTenHollywoodCriticsCome UpFeel GoodMediumsNosesGenerousThumbsBest FilmGenerous Spirit Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document. It is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of the age. Its prescriptions are clear and we know what they arebut life is always your last and most authoritative critic.” KnowsStatesAgeLastsLife IsSpiritUnitedUnited StatesClearConstitutionMereCriticsLawyerVehicleDocumentsPrescriptionsConstitution Of The United States Author:Woodrow Wilson