To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession.
HENRY JAMESWe work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
More Henry James Quotes
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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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The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.
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To believe in a child is to believe in the Future.
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She had an immense curiosity about life, and was constantly staring and wondering.
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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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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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The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
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Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
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We work in the dark — we do what we can — we give what we have.
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She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.
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Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to.
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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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I think patriotism is like charity — it begins at home.
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What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?
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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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