Quotes About Evaluation

Thank God we are not to be judged by the opinions of our fellows, but by the work that we do.

If the work is poor, the public taste will soon do it justice. And the author, reaping neither glory nor fortune, will learn by hard experience how to correct his mistakes.

I always work the same way, starting from the beginning of the weekend, so I know at the beginning of the race, from all that I have analysed during the practice, whether I will win the race or not.

I don't think you need to be so result-oriented when you're trying to define the success of an art work. I think we can allow some unpredictability.

When a watch is broken you take it apart to analyze what is wrong with it. When a technique does not work, if you analyze it carefully you can always find out what is wrong.

Understanding what and why did not work may be more instructive than celebrating our successes.

We have 25 or so years invested in the work. Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try to find something wrong with it.

I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure.

When you're on your fifth album, you are going to be judged against all your previous work and expectations.

Ive been making products for so long, I have a gut feel for what is right - what will work and what wont. I can tell instantly if its a hero or a zero.

Your work gets destroyed by dumb people and it gets enhanced by smart people and it really doesn't have anything to do with marketing.

The real work of an expedition begins when you return.

At Pixar, after every movie we have postmortum meetings where we discuss what worked and what didn't work.

To justify our likes and dislikes, we generally say that the work we dislike is not serious.

If reviewers don't mention your work, it's probably better than if they do.

Try to read your own work as a stranger would read it, or even better, as an enemy would.

Nothing is more apt to deceive us than our own judgment of our work. We derive more benefit from having our faults pointed out by our enemies than from hearing the opinions of friends.

I don't just work! I think about my work, reflect on my work and think of what changes can I make, how can I elevated my game.

Even the finest workman needs to inspect his work critically.

It's hard to know at any stage whether a show is going to work or not. Every few years, a different trend comes along.

Why do You Send Fools To judge My Work?

Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.

The ultimate judgment of a work of art, whether it be a masterpiece or a lesser event, must be solely in terms of its artistic success and not on Freudian guesswork.

Ask a writer what he thinks about critics and the answer you get is similar to what you get when you ask a lamppost how he feels about dogs.