Supportive Criticism Quotes

My wife is my first reader, my first line of defence I suppose. So she says, "Oh well, oh yes, it's all true." At the same time, I could have written much more about us, but I didn't want to go any further. I did cut things out. There are certain things that I wrote about her that are so gushing with praise and admiration that when I looked at those passages I realised they would be ridiculous to anybody else.

True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.

Don't let that 'mom' word fool y'all... Her being my biggest critic was the best thing for me, actually.

It is splendid to be supportive when you see those around you doing well, but blind praise is easier than harsh facts.

You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

Give no time to finding fault of criticism.

There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.

Let's look at people as artists and try to support them; just because Picasso painted a couple of bad paintings, that's no reason to say he's a lousy painter.

Being critical is not something I like to do. I like to appreciate and inspire.

My dad never really played basketball, but now he's my biggest critic. I come home, and he says: 'Why didn't you shoot there? Why didn't you drive?'

I think about everyone in my life that was harsh with me or who gave me tough love and told me things that I didn't want to hear in that moment; fortunately it ended up being really good for me and I have nothing but respect for them today and those are the people I return to when I need that real honest advice.

Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire.