It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
Henry James
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More quotes by Henry James
- I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace.
- People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.
- It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
- We 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.
- It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.