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"Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail."
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"I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen."
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"I suspect that most authors don't really want criticism, not even constructive criticism. They want straight-out, unabashed, unashamed, fulsome, informed, naked praise, arriving by the shipload every fifteen minutes or so."
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"There is no such thing as constructive criticism. There is constructive advice, constructive guidance, constructive counsel, encouragement, suggestion, and instruction. Criticism, however, is not constructive but a destructive means of faultfinding that cripples all parties involved. Don't be fooled into thinking otherwise."
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"Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity."
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"Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments."
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"Neither worse then nor better is a thing made by being praised."
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"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."
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"But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?"
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"The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book."
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"Criticism is prejudice made plausible."
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"I would kiss you, had I the courage."
Love
"This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man."
Work
"The attacks of which I have been the object have broken the spring of life in me... People don't realize what it feels like to be constantly insulted."
Life
"You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real."
Interest
"There is only one true thing: instantly paint what you see. When you've got it, you've got it. When you haven't, you begin again. All the rest is humbug."
Authenticity
"I need to work to feel well."
Work
"There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another."
Nature
"No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else."
Painting
"It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more."
Imagination
"Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail."
Criticism
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