Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen.
Source: The Critic and the Drama, 1922.
-- George Jean Nathan, (Feb 14 1882-1958), US editor, critic; He was known for writing on contemporary theater; co-founded and edited American Mercury, 1924-30.