"Armenag Saroyan. A good man of whom the worst that anybody was willing to say, was that he was too good for this world."

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On reflection, moral judgment in the arts appears rather as a tribute to their power to influence emotion and possibly conduct. And reflecting further on what some critics do today, one sees that a good many have merely shifted the ground of their moralism, transferring their impulse of righteousness to politics and social issues.

— Jacques Barzun