Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women.
HENRY JAMESThe artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
More Henry James Quotes
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It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration and application of these things, and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
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You are good for nothing unless you are clever.
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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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To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession.
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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
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I am incapable of telling you not to feel. Feel, feel, I say – feel for all you’re worth, and even if it half kills you, for that is the only way to live.
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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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In other words summarise intensely and deeply and keep down the lateral development. It should be a little gem of bright, quick, vivid form
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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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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.
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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary.
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
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