You were ground in the very mill of the conventional.
HENRY JAMESHe is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
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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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
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if you are going to be pushed you had better jump
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Life is a predicament which precedes death.
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It’s never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.
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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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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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You wanted to look at life for yourself – but you were not allowed; you were punished for your wish.
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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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The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
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It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.
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He is outside of everything, and alien everywhere. He is an aesthetic solitary.
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If this was love, love had been overrated.
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One can’t judge till one’s forty; before that we’re too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant.
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Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.
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