God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best. Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice.
Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.
That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.