What did Henry James mean by: An Englishman’s never so natural as when he’s holding his tongue. Henry James Author · USA Copy
Don’t pass it by – the immediate, the real, the ours, the yours, the novelist’s that it waits for. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Appreciation, Awareness, Creativity, 0 Henry James Author · USA
It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, History, Time, Tradition, 0 Henry James Author · USA
I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Artistic, Beauty, Force, 0 Henry James Author · USA
Art is a point of view, and a genius way of looking at things. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Creativity, Interpretation, Perspective, 0 Henry James Author · USA
Autobiography may be the preeminent kind of American expression. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Americanism, Identity, Self-reflection, 0 Henry James Author · USA
Always keep a window in the attic open; not just cracked: open. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Preservation, Safety, 0 Henry James Author · USA
Novelist-Citizen of Two Countries Interpreter of his Generation on both Sides of the Sea. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, 0 Henry James Author · USA
I’ve always expected the worst, and it’s always worse than I expected. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Expectations, Pessimism, Reality, 0 Henry James Author · USA
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies Jeanette Winterson Author · England
The skin of all of us is responsive to gypsy songs and military marches. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
