“What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.”

—  Jean Cocteau

Le Coq et l’Arlequin (1918)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you." by Jean Cocteau?
Jean Cocteau photo
Jean Cocteau123
French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager … 1889–1963

Related quotes

Jean Cocteau photo

“Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping.”

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker

Stephen Colbert photo

“Stephen: You know what I hate about people who criticize you? They criticize what you say, but they never give you credit for how loud you say it. Or how long you say it.”

Stephen Colbert (1964) American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor

The O'Reilly Factor, January 2007

Yeh Kuang-shih photo

“As a leader, you should have values and beliefs… It is simply irresponsible to respond to public criticism by simply giving someone a demerit.”

Yeh Kuang-shih (1957) Chinese diplomat

Minister critical of delays in Airport Rail construction (2013)

Bob Dylan photo

“Don't criticize what you can't understand.”

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist

John Steinbeck photo

“Strength and success— they are above morality, above criticism. It seems then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it.”

John Steinbeck book The Winter of Our Discontent

Source: The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Part Two, Chapter XIII

Sadhguru photo

“Faith is not something that you can cultivate”

Sadhguru (1957) Yogi, mystic, visionary and humanitarian

The Asian Age, 22 February 2009
Sourced from newspapers and magazines
Context: Faith is not something that you can cultivate. If it happens to you, it happens, if it doesn't happen to you it doesn't happen, that's all. Does it mean to say - "I have to just sit and wait and someday it will fall upon me?" No, it is just that if you understand the fundamentals of living here, in this existence, you will see, for anything to happen, you must create the right kind of situation.

“It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not.”

Alfred Whitney Griswold (1906–1963) American historian

Rufus Wilmot Griswold, as quoted in Intuitions and Summaries of Thought (1862) by Christian Nestell Bovee, p. 132.
Misattributed

“It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not.”

Christian Nestell Bovee (1820–1904) American writer

Quoting Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Intuitions and Summaries of Thought (1862), p. 132.
Misattributed

Related topics