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.

Quote by Henry James

Topics: Art Quotes, Life Quotes

Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other...

Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other...

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is...

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is...

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....

What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of...

What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of...

We work n the dark - we do what we can - we give what...

We work n the dark - we do what we can - we give what...

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

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...

The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.

The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.

Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful...

Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful...

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...

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a...

Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a...

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...

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony...

There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony...

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no...

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no...

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...

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

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...

'Why do we have to listen to our hearts?' 'Because, wherever your heart is, that...

'Why do we have to listen to our hearts?' 'Because, wherever your heart is, that...

Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion...

Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion...

During the 1960s, I think, people forgot what emotions were supposed to be. And I...

During the 1960s, I think, people forgot what emotions were supposed to be. And I...