I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
HENRY JAMESTo 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.
More Henry James Quotes
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To live in the world of creation-to get into it and stay in it-to frequent it and haunt it…to think intently and fruitfully, to woo combinations and inspirations into being by a depth and continuity of attention and meditation-this is the only thing.
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He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary.
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Sorrow comes in great waves…but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us.
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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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I take up my own pen again – the pen of all my old unforgettable efforts and sacred struggles.
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She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
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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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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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A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
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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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To establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one’s own.
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You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
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And remember this, that if you’ve been hated, you’ve also been loved.
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Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
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