Henry James

Ideas are, in truth, force…

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

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

I think I don’t regret a single ‘excess’ of my responsive youth – I only regret…

The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point…

In art economy is always beauty…

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

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

Life is a predicament which precedes death…

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

The only success worth one’s powder was success in the line of one’s idiosyncrasy… what…

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

We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have…

Deep experience is never peaceful…

Money’s a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet…