Poetry a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty.

What is important then is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect but a certain kind of temperament the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.

A few years ago I lost 30 pounds and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly I'm happy with myself if I'm a little heavier. I realized: 'Why am I trying to conform to someone else's idea of beauty?' I think I'm beautiful either way.

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.

The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional.

Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can't just say 'hi'. You say hi and people whisper' man did you see the way she said hi? What an attitude.

It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.

My attitude is if someone's going to criticize me tell me to my face.

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness for speech is itself a critique of life: it names it characterizes it passes judgment in that it creates.

The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed and the truly new is criticized with aversion.

People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art.

All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science.

It is from the womb of art that criticism was born.

Art is always criticized and always an outsider gets the blame.

I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.

The New York art world readily proves people wrong. Just when folks say that things stink and flibbertigibbet critics wish the worst on us all because we're not pure enough good omens appear.

I've always said that an art critic can put aside politics around art.

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible and perhaps altogether unseen.

Art is parasitic on life just as criticism is parasitic on art.

Painting n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.

To work in architecture you are so much involved with society with politics with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society how it functions how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.

On this important anniversary we must remember that while we have come a long way in eliminating barriers critical work remains to ensure all Americans can live up to their full potential.