Bell Hooks Quotes

I don't mind being criticized intelligently; although I don't love it.

The practice of "reviewing"... in general has nothing in common with the art of criticism.

I'm not interested in constructive criticism, believe me.

Everyone gets criticized.

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.

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

I don't delve too deep into reviews.

I don't read the critics.

No one likes to be criticized.

I believe in criticism.

It's not the journalists; it's the critics that I can't understand. I've never understood what kind of a person would want to criticize someone else's work.

My policy is to not read any reviews.

There's people that appreciate what I do; there's people that criticize it.

All players want nice things to be said and written about them and you have to take the reverse in equal measure.

For I am nothing if not critical.

I believe the teacher's work is largely negative, that it is largely a matter of saying, "This doesn't work because ..." or "This does work because ..." The because is very important. The teacher can help you understand the nature of your medium, and he can guide you in your reading.

But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.

Criticism is not construction, it is observation.

Always read with a pen in your hands, not beside you on the table, but actually in your hand, ready, armed ... Put a question mark by everything you find suspect. Underline anything you really appreciate. Feel free to write 'splendid,' but also, 'I don't believe a word of it.' And even 'bullshit.'

I listen to a lot of criticism. From the Left and the Right and from everywhere. I mean, everybody's a media critic. And sometimes I think it's on point, and other times, I think about it and consider it and then might ultimately disagree with it. But I do listen to it; I really do.

You have good form, bad form, get criticised, get bigged up. You go through spells of trying to find out how much to listen to, what not to pay too much attention to.

We appreciate every rational and every true comment, and we take criticism very seriously.

In public life, criticism cannot be avoided completely.

I spend a lot of time bathing in a glow of consensus, but you have to be willing to say something to people who might not agree with you and take the consequences of what follows.

I think a lot of the criticism had to do with disliking the characters - which, again, I take as something of a compliment.