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 JAMESMake the short story tremendously succinct – with a very short pulse or rhythm – and the closest selection of detail.
More Henry James Quotes
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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
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If you have work to do, don’t wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it.
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The main object of the novel is to represent life. . .
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Things are always different from what they might be.
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I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected.
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Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors.
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Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
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Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
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To establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one’s own.
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I don’t care anything about reasons, but I know what I like.
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Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else.
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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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If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it.
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If this was love, love had been overrated.
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