Famous quotes containing the words literary and/or theories:
“Criticism occupies the lowest place in the literary hierarchy: as regards form, almost always; and as regards moral value, incontestably. It comes after rhyming games and acrostics, which at least require a certain inventiveness.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)