“We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.”
— Henry James
Author: Henry James
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A man who pretends to understand women
“A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.”
— Henry James
Author: Henry James
Category: women
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Experience is never limited, and it is
“Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.”
— Henry James
Author: Henry James
Category: experience
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Life is a predicament which precedes death.
“Life is a predicament which precedes death.”
— Henry James
Author: Henry James
Category: death
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I adore adverbs; they are the only
“I adore adverbs; they are the only qualifications I really much respect.”
— Henry James
Author: Henry James
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It takes a great deal of history
“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
— Henry James
Author: Henry James
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It is art that makes life, makes
“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance… and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.”
— Henry James
Author: Henry James
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In art economy is always beauty.
“In art economy is always beauty.”
— Henry James
Author: Henry James
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The face of nature and civilization in
“The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master.”
— Henry James
Author: Henry James
Category: imagination
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Three things in human life are important.
“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.”
— Henry James
Author: Henry James
Category: life
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It takes an endless amount of history
“It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.”
— Henry James
Author: Henry James
Category: history
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