The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
HENRY JAMESThe artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
HENRY JAMESCats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there.
HENRY JAMESSummer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
HENRY JAMESIt’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
HENRY JAMESThings are always different from what they might be.
HENRY JAMESTo 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.
HENRY JAMESDo not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else.
HENRY JAMESWe care what happens to people only in proportion as we know what people are.
HENRY JAMESNever say you know the last word about any human heart.
HENRY JAMESShe is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!
HENRY JAMESI don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.
HENRY JAMESOne doesn’t defend one’s god: one’s god is in himself a defense.
HENRY JAMESI hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
HENRY JAMESIf one is strong, one loves the more strongly.
HENRY JAMESYou were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
HENRY JAMESShe had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
HENRY JAMES