Higher Criticism

Famous quotes containing the words higher and/or criticism:

“Society cannot do without cultivated men. As soon as the first wants are satisfied, the higher wants become imperative.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“A tailor can adapt to any medium, be it poetry, be it criticism. As a poet, he can mend, and with the scissors of criticism he can divide.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)