Tim Minchin Quotes

A mentor long departed told me that the greatest gift in political life, in any life, is to view yourself objectively, at arm's length, to make an assessment of yourself. So whom do I rely on? I rely on myself.

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

I think I am my own biggest critic, yeah.

I do not take to the field to defend myself from certain criticisms. If I do, in this kind of career, it is because I'm very self-critical.

I am my own biggest critic.

Throughout my career, I have criticized my every single step and I am open to any criticism.

You have to be able to analyze yourself and critique yourself from every which way.

Upon the subjects of which I have treated, I have spoken as I have thought. I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but, holding it a sound maxim that it is better only sometimes to be right than at all times to be wrong, so soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Everybody is their own critic.

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

If you don't second-guess yourself, then you are not trying to get better.

The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic.

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.

Self-awareness is not the same thing as self-approval, any more than imagination is the same thing as day-dreaming.

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

I don't watch my movies. I just get too critical of myself.

I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself.

I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

Critics can say horrible things. It only hurts when I agree with them.

Observe all men, thyself most.

I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes.