The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
HENRY JAMESI call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
More Henry James Quotes
-
-
All intimacies are based on differences.
HENRY JAMES -
Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
HENRY JAMES -
There’s no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.
HENRY JAMES -
I would give all I possess to get out of myself; but somehow, at the end, I find myself so vastly more interesting than nine tenths of the people I meet.
HENRY JAMES -
It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games
HENRY JAMES -
I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
HENRY JAMES -
He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary.
HENRY JAMES -
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
HENRY JAMES -
I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
HENRY JAMES -
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 -
Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
HENRY JAMES -
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.
HENRY JAMES -
To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
HENRY JAMES -
The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .
HENRY JAMES -
I mean that everything this afternoon has been too beautiful, and that perhaps everything together will never be so right again. I’m very glad therefore you’ve been a part of it.
HENRY JAMES