“The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.” – Auguste Rodin

How to Deal with Criticism as an Artist By Ellen Howard Criticism can hold us back from creating. As Ted Orland & David Bayles state in their book, “Art & Fear,” our inner critic prevents us from doing our best work and criticism from others prevents us from doing our own work. There is a saying, just focus on the things we can control and not focus on things we cannot control.” I believe this is especially true in dealing with criticism in art. Internal and external criticism can be difficult for every artist and it takes [...]