The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?

Quote by Henry James

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Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the...

The superiority of one man's opinion over another's is never so great as when the...

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

Summer afternoon...Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.

Summer afternoon...Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

In art economy is always beauty.

In art economy is always beauty.

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...

I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.

I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to...

The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to...

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...

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.