Henry James, OM ( – ) was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism.
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
In art economy is always beauty. Use this quote
Life is a predicament which precedes death. Use this quote
Deep experience is never peaceful. Use this quote
Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue. Use this quote
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. Use this quote
The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master. Use this quote
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. Use this quote
