Devin Townsend Quotes

It is not easy for me to accept criticism and reassess my way of doing things.

I'm my biggest critic of myself when I make mistakes.

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'

I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.

I am critical of myself.

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.

I'm much more interested in looking at our own failings than going to some faraway place and looking at their failings, thus making us feel good about ourselves.

All the work I do is personal, so the good stuff and the bad stuff that you see in there is all good stuff and bad stuff that I have, and part of the journey, for me, has been to embrace these things that I find embarrassing about myself: my stubbornness, my ego, my maudlin-ness - these things that I see myself do, and I go, 'Oh, David, stop that!'

I wouldn't be the type of person to critique anybody. I've got to look at myself first, to be a better person.

I have realised it is easy to point fingers at others, but the moment you start questioning yourself, you become a better person.

I think that any time you get into an area where it requires humility, and accountability, it's gonna get touchy. And so I understand the reality of when someone says something that requires you to look at yourself and change, it's not easy.

I'm super self-critical, which I think is good, because then I get exactly what I want. I'm critical of other people, too - I try not to be, though.

I always see what I did wrong, what I could do better.

People still say I am over-confident, but I am a big critic of myself.

I'm the first one to always criticize myself, and I'm trying to find ways to get better.

Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice.

Whereas I formerly believed it to be my bounden duty to call other persons to order, I now admit that I need calling to order myself.

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.

I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.

One must first learn to live oneself before one blames others.

We justify ourselves when we should judge ourselves. If we learned humility, it might spare us the humiliation.

For me, there is only one means of ensuring that I do not lose respect for myself: constant criticism.

Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.

I behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then therapy made me realise I had to change.