“ But what is the use of the humanities as such? Admittedly they are not practical, and admittedly they concern themselves with the past. Why, it may be asked, should we engage in impractical investigat… Erwin Panofsky
“ The case for the humanities is not hard to make, though it can be difficult--to such an extent have we been marginalized, so long have we acceded to that marginalization--not to sound either defensive… Mark Slouka
“ [T]he strongest defense of the humanities lies not in the appeal to their utility — that literature majors may find good jobs, that theaters may economically revitalize neighborhoods — but rather in t… Leon Wieseltier
“ Art is in the eye of the beholder, and everyone will have their own interpretation. E.A. Bucchianeri
