The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
HENRY JAMESI know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
More Henry James Quotes
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An Englishman’s never so natural as when he’s holding his tongue.
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Make the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
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We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have.
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Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
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Excellence does not require perfection.
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Things are always different from what they might be.
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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
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I take up my own pen again – the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles.
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You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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To myself – today – I need say no more. Large and full and high the future still opens. It is now indeed that I may do the work of my life. And I will.
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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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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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Every good story is of course both a picture and an idea, and the more they are interfused the better.
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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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