We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in; but its fitting in is a test of its value -- a test, it is true, which can only be slowly and cautiously applied, for we are none of us infallible judges of conformity.
Source: Tradition and the Individual Talent, sct. 1, in Egoist, (London) Sep and Dec 1919.
-- T S Eliot, (Sep 26 1888-1965), US-English poet, critic, playwright; He dwelled on the theme of emptiness of modern life, e.g., The Cocktail Party, 1950.