We work n 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.

Quote by Henry James

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In art economy is always beauty.

In art economy is always beauty.

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...

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it...

People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it...

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...

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...

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything...

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything...

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to...

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to...

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...

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

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

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...

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Old men go to death; but death comes to young men.

Old men go to death; but death comes to young men.

Then is it sin to rush into the secret house of death. Ere death dare...

Then is it sin to rush into the secret house of death. Ere death dare...