When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered.
T. S. EliotThere is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
T. S. EliotSo far as we are human, what we do must be either evil or good: so far as we do evil or good, we are human: and it is better, in a paradoxical way, to do evil than to do nothing: at least we exist.
T. S. EliotA good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest.
T. S. Eliot