Edward Albee Quotes

The critics are not writers - they're not a part of the creative process; therefore, they should not influence how I go about doing my next bit of work.

I don't want to be sitting and pondering over how many stars my film will get. It's rubbish! I make films that I like - some get really appreciated, and some don't. Till now, luckily, they have done well, but I can't become a slave to that. And I won't - never!

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.

Allow the artist to finish the piece of work before you critique it.

Poets should ignore most criticism and get on with making poetry.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work.

Once you decide that it is the art that is important and not how popular and well received you are, you no longer have an albatross.

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

I really admire people who concern themselves more with how they perceive the world rather than how the world perceives them. I think, as an artist, it's very important to do that. You can limit yourself a lot if you spend too much time caring about what people think of you.

If people like something you've done - or don't like it - this shouldn't determine what you write or how you write it. Those are two separate things entirely: your work and the world's response to it.

To pay attention to flattery or criticism is a waste of time for artists.

In the end, for me, music is such an internal thing that to let the outside world influence would be against my modus operandi.

Our statement's on the screen. Awards won't make it better, and a lack of awards won't make it worse.

If you live for the compliments, you'll die by the criticism.

I don't have the psychological stamina to last under artistic compromises over a prolonged period of time. I get hostile and vindictive. It wears me down.

I am not a character who gets carried away with good or bad performances and I won't get carried away by bigger or lesser critics. It's the same when you get praise. You can't get carried away with that.

When it comes to art in general now, we've become so aware of our influence. We know when people are listening, when people are watching. It's not healthy. We start creating with that in the background of our mind. I think it's ruined my mind.

I don't read the reviews because it somewhere affects my work. If some critic doesn't like a movie, I can't keep his criticisms in mind the next time I am making a film. Even if someone writes a great review about my film, I don't want to be affected by it.

I make music, and if anyone wants to dislike it because of my logo, or lack thereof, then fine by me.

What I've learned and all of us have learned is: You can't force art, and there's no way you could force somebody to do something that they didn't want to do in this line of work.

I am not going to become a critical-acclaim-junkie at all.

For a while now, I try to ignore the hoopla, because if you buy into that, you have to buy into the criticism. All you can do is put your work out there and move on; you just never know what will come.

It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.

Stop taking things personally. Throughout the time with "Kitchen Nightmares" and "Hotel Hell," when they work, you don't get any praise. When they fail, you get blamed. You're f - ed either way, but it doesn't stop me doing them, I think.