He'd be able to judge his work that day, harshly or otherwise.

"I thought, Who were these guys to judge my work?"

You shouldn't judge an artist's work through his personality.

I could no longer judge my work by its potential.

Maybe it was to take the edge off the terrible anxiety of having his work judged.

There are no sales or profit figures to judge the bureaucrats' work.

"I have come to judge your work, Blade," said the king.

And I see it as part of my job to help them to be able to judge their own work.

As an ethical matter, you must judge your work on its merits.

The thing is that you can't always judge your own work, this is the value of working together.