Martin Fleischmann Quotes

Reappraise the past, re-evaluate where we've been, clarify where we are, and predict or anticipate where we are headed. . . .

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at a very small expense

I do not understand; I pause; I examine.

I think naturally you want to judge things.

To question your own process is a necessity. If you don't question yourself, it's impossible to improve.

Literature is analysis after the event.

Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive.

I don't delve too deep into reviews.

It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it.

Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.

While you are experimenting, do not remain content with the surface of things.

I believe in criticism.

Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.

You can think deeper and deeper and deeper and deeper into a subject, depending on what you are writing about.

I look back on my work and I think, 'Oh, why didn't I do that differently?'

I've never been much into picking things apart.

There is no country in the world where the process of self-criticism and self-correction is more active than in the United States.

Appreciating complexity while searching through its thickets to find essential factors leads to understanding.

My favorite question is 'Why?' I think it can be really helpful - I also think it can be annoying to people at times; I'll admit that. But I really do try to understand why are we approaching it this way, does it makes sense, is this the right answer, why is it the right answer, are there other paths to getting there, could those be better.

When we don't win, we have to draw conclusions and assess our mistakes. Things can always be improved.

We need to discern what it is that requires reflection in our lives and in what we read and how we read it.

We are not responding to this instant if we are judging any aspect of it.

Experiences isn't the best teacher - evaluated experience is.

And I’m not spying! I’m evaluating!” “It’s the same difference!