This reminds me of an idiom I particular liked by Ralph Waldo Emmerson from Self Reliance "You see great works — statues, buildings, machines, books, and you f

This reminds me of an idiom I particular liked by Ralph Waldo Emmerson from Self Reliance "You see great works — statues, buildings, machines, books, and you feel belittled by them, put in your place, puny, unworthy. But you're looking at it all wrong. Their greatness awaits your judgment. Emerson wrote, "The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settled its claims to praise."