Yoko Ono Quotes

Although it's painful at the time, most of the things that people have said about us negatively - some of them are true and you can work on them, and the ones that you don't agree with, you don't work on.

When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.

Every time I'd get a critique or some redirection, I'd always just take it very personally. Now I have no problem with it.

If you want to be honest with yourself, you have to take criticism, even if you attract adverse comments from others.

We will all face criticism throughout our lives, no matter where we live and what we weigh.

I had someone tell me I fell off, ooh I needed that.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

I've always been motivated more by negative comments than by positive ones. I know what I do well. Tell me what I don't do well.

I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.

I don't mind being criticized. I enjoy being criticized personally, not by rumor.

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

When I was a kid, I had a tendency to criticize. But when I did, my mum would whisk me off to the bathroom to stand in front of a mirror. Ten minutes, never less. To think about how criticism is a poor reflection on the one who criticizes.

Frankly speaking, if I care what people write, whether it is positive or negative, I believe, personally, I'm on the wrong path.

I don't have any problem with criticism. It's an incentive to refine myself.

You have days where you're trying to be your best, and you say something, and you see it being written in three different places and in a way that you didn't mean for it to be interpreted. But you just try to do your best. You kind of just have to let everything else roll off your back.

I appreciate both good and bad - I don't want to sit in a bubble where everyone just tells me everything positive to keep my morale high.

If you take everything personally and to heart, it will tear you apart. Take criticism, learn, adjust, and move on.

It bothers me when nobody is criticizing me, because then I am not doing something.

I don't like reading good things about myself. With the criticism and the negative things, I always think that makes me better.

In fact, I often accept criticism because I feel it helps me to get better and get stronger. And I hardly ever remember the compliments.

I'm fine with criticism against me.

Remember that when criticism is difficult to accept, there is probably some truth to it.

I agree that my films have flopped, and I have been slammed for my nasal voice, my look, and my dialogue delivery. But every time I got a negative feedback, I went out of my way to work on it.

When someone praises me, I get wary. If someone has something negative to say, I invite them over for a long chat. They are important for my growth as an actor.

Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?