To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
Source: Two Cheers for Democracy, A Book That Influenced Me (1951).
-- E M Forster, (Jan 1 1879-1970), English novelist; He wrote of British/Indian and middle class conflicts in A Passage to India, 1924 and A Room With A View, 1908.