I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
HENRY JAMESHis beautiful, light imagination is the wing that on the autumn evening just brushes the dusky window.
More Henry James Quotes
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One doesn’t defend one’s god: one’s god is in himself a defense.
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To take what there is in life and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived, to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that; this, doubtless, is the right way to live.
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Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.
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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have.
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I think I don’t regret a single “excess” of my responsive youth I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn’t embrace.
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To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
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Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
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Adjectives are the sugar of literature and adverbs the salt.
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I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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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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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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Her imagination was by habit ridiculously active; when the door was not open it jumped out the window.
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