In art economy is always beauty.

Quote by Henry James

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Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second...

Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second...

I adore adverbs; they are the only qualifications I really much respect.

I adore adverbs; they are the only qualifications I really much respect.

We work in the dark, We do what we can, We give what we have,...

We work in the dark, We do what we can, We give what we have,...

To kill a human being is, after all, the least injury you can do him.

To kill a human being is, after all, the least injury you can do him.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort....

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort....

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated...

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point...

The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point...

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second...

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second...

There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste...

There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste...

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I...

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I...

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the...

The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the...

The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what...

The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what...

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth-I only regret, in...

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth-I only regret, in...

Cats and monkeys, monkeys and cats - all human life is there

Cats and monkeys, monkeys and cats - all human life is there

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine...

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what...

Each day is a gift and not a given right.

Each day is a gift and not a given right.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they...

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.