It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy, or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent.
HENRY JAMESCriticism 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.
More Henry James Quotes
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To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
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Never say you know the last word about any human heart.
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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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I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
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I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
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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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You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
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…he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days.
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Until you try, you don’t know what you can’t do.
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There were several ways of understanding her: there was what she said, and there was what she meant, and there was something between the two, that was neither.
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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
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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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Adjectives are the sugar of literature and adverbs the salt.
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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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In art economy is always beauty.
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