Joshua Bell Quotes

To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That's why I don't listen to anything that's anonymous. But it's hard; when there's something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.

I have a hard time with any sort of criticism; not because I have some huge ego or anything like that.

I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.

I'm actually very vulnerable and sensitive.

It was kind of a hard lesson when I figured out that not everybody is going to be kind, be sweet. So I've learned that I am never going to make everybody happy. There's always going to be someone who can't stand the way I write, and I can't take that personally.

Being a sensitive, thoughtful person opens you up for criticism and being affected by it.

Some people, when they get criticism, they shy away from it.

I try not to hear anything negative about me, and if I do hear it, I try to block it out.

I have a heart and am extremely sensitive to what people say about me, both in the press and otherwise.

What helps me when someone puts me down or aims to offend me is to not take what they say personally. I try my best to not internalize their comments.

Somehow I took whatever criticism there was very much to heart.

It's human nature that if you get 20 positive comments and one negative one, you're going to focus on the negative. We all do that. It can be something that drags you down. It's easy to get bogged down with it, but I try to concentrate on the good things.

You can't be sensitive, because you're going to get criticized. I don't care who you are, you're going to get criticized.

I've learned not to attach personal feelings to critics who review your work. It's their opinions, their perceptions - it's a very subjective thing, and you can be hurt.

What I do is sometimes - at least in Germany - met with wounding campaigns. I always face the question: should I grow myself a thick skin and ignore it, or should I let myself be wounded? I've decided to be wounded, since, if I grew a thick skin, there are other things I wouldn't feel any more.

I like to not care that much about criticism, but I do care about it.

If children can't handle competition when it's necessary, or take some criticism, or never strive to be better because their parents inadvertently programmed them to believe they are already the best even when they're not, then they are in for some serious shocks and bumps down the road.

Generally I don't care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself. When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.

I don't let negative criticism, for the most part, bother me.

When you're younger, you do take things personally.

People and what they say don't bother me like they used to. When I was younger, I really couldn't take it because I couldn't understand where the criticism was coming from.

People are going to write things about you, but you have to take the good with the bad, so you shouldn't take it very seriously. If you take it to heart, it'll get very difficult to deal with. So, just take it with a pinch of salt.

There's always going to be people who will criticize my performance. Sometimes, it gets irritating. Sometimes I just brush it off and say these people don't know what they are talking about.

I'm a big boy; I can handle criticism.

Dealing with negative comments is part of this job, and I've had to develop a thick skin, though some days it's easier than others.