Shankar Mahadevan Quotes

Valid criticism does you a favor.

I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn.

If there's criticism of my work that's legitimate. I'm ready to hear of it.

One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.

I'm very open to constructive criticism.

I have to accept constructive criticism.

I will take all the criticism constructively. It will help me to learn and improve with every film.

I'm still learning every night, with every opportunity to write something, to sing something, to perform any work. Every opportunity to do these things brings me further along the journey, and the best part is, no matter how far along I go, I have so much more to learn.

I welcome comments. I think criticism can be very constructive and can help further. I mean, there's no perfect perfection anywhere. There's no perfect picture.

Any show should be open to listening to constructive criticism.

I love the criticism because if there was no criticism then what can you work on and what can you get better at?

No matter how long you spend at creation, you're always a student.

Even when I have someone playing the song I give them the idea. I'm learning. I'm getting better over the years.

By the time you have perfected any style of writing, you have always outgrown it.

We love to receive praise, but usually we're not certain what message, precisely, we should take from it. On the other hand, when someone points out our flaws, we realize immediately that something needs to change.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

Over the years, I played with a couple of spectacular guitar players, and playing with them has made me play better than I knew how to play. I hope the same thing is true with acting.

I'm still learnin'. I pick up something from every performer I watch.

That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.

I really don't feel like I'm in any kind of contest. Except, maybe, with myself. Just want to learn and create and grow. Get better all the time with these filmmaking tools. I don't expect perfection from myself. Just progress.

It's no use growing older if you only learn new ways of misbehaving yourself.

I can look back at stuff I wrote in my early days and squirm at some of the mistakes I made. But we're all learning every day; we never stop. I just hope people keep on liking what I do. That gives me such a kick.

What we look for in the school is unrealized potential.

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is where you do actually get feedback on your work, not just something where you go and sit for a day.