Antony Gormley Quotes

To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show the darkness but to put out our own eyes.

I always try and distinguish between facts and opinions.

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.

Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence.

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.

If you look at our world, it's a world of critique.

Critics for established venues are vetted by editors; they usually demonstrate a certain objectivity; and they come with known backgrounds and specialized knowledge.

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

Our analysis of truth and falsehood, or of the nature of judgment, is not very likely to be influenced by our hopes and fears.

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

I don't want people to say, 'Something is true because Tyson says it is true.' That's not critical thinking.

Consider the speech, not the speaker.

It is necessary to judge accurately the things that rest on opinion

A healthy skepticism, regularly exercised…

Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside him.

If you're just a follower, you never know why you are doing something. Then you can't know if something is good or not. How would you know that what you thought is right, if you didn't think it?

When you celebrate somebody's bad work on the terms that define their good work, how can that artist have anything but contempt for an audience that can't tell the good from the bad?

Certainly, critics are not all created equal.

I'm raising kids who are going to scrutinize people inside and out.

We need to take a step back and realize that not everything we encounter is true. You don't want to be gullibly accepting everything as true, but you don't want to be cynically rejecting everything as false. You want to take your time to evaluate the information.

Let's be honest: Everyone has got their opinion. It doesn't mean their opinion is an intelligent one.

A cheap and easy cynicism rails at everything. The master of the art accomplishes the formidable task of discrimination.

With the experience to judge, one need not pre-judge.

Weed your better judgments of all opinion that grows rank in them.