To live in the world of creation-to get into it and stay in it-to frequent it and haunt it…to think intently and fruitfully, to woo combinations and inspirations into being by a depth and continuity of attention and meditation-this is the only thing.
HENRY JAMESYou wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
More Henry James Quotes
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He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary.
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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to be defiant; wickedness to carry the day.
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Adjectives are the sugar of literature and adverbs the salt.
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I’m yours for ever–for ever and ever. Here I stand; I’m as firm as a rock. If you’ll only trust me, how little you’ll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.
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Criticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance.
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All intimacies are based on differences.
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I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
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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.
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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And we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain.
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You must save what you can of your life; you musn’t lose it all simply because you’ve lost a part.
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However British you may be, I am more British still.
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Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.
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I have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse.
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