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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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...

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...

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 an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.

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...

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...

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.

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...

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...

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

Life is a predicament which precedes death.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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

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

In art economy is always beauty.

In art economy is always beauty.

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...

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...