Preferred Judging Function

Famous quotes containing the words preferred, judging and/or function:

    “The earlier works of a man of genius are always preferred to the newer ones, in order to prove that he is going down instead of up.”
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

    “The question is whether they’ve reached a depth
    Of desperation that would warrant poetry’s
    Leaving love’s alternations, joy and grief,
    The weather’s alternations, summer and winter,
    Our age-long theme, for the uncertainty
    Of judging who is a contemporary liar....”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)