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, Beauty Quotes, Force Quotes, Life Quotes

One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which...

One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which...

I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.

I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature

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...

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...

Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the...

Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the...

In art economy is always beauty.

In art economy is always beauty.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.

An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.

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

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...

However British you may be, I am more British still.

However British you may be, I am more British still.

Vereker's secret, my dear man - the general intention of his books: the string the...

Vereker's secret, my dear man - the general intention of his books: the string the...

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...

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

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

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious...

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious...

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...

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to...

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to...

When life life does not find a singer to sing her heart, she produces a...

When life life does not find a singer to sing her heart, she produces a...