What did Henry James mean by: Art requires, above all things, a suppression of self, a subordination of one’s self to an idea. Henry James Author · USA Copy
My sole wish is to frustrate as utterly as possible the post-mortem exploiter. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Exploitation, Frustration, 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
I call people rich when they’re able to meet the requirements of their imagination. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Fulfillment., Imagination, Wealth, 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
Art derives a considerable part of its beneficial exercise from flying in the face of presumptions. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Challenge, Creativity, Perception, 0 Henry James Author · USA
I have in my own fashion learned the lesson that life is effort, unremittingly repeated. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Effort, Life, Persistence, 0 Henry James Author · USA
+ She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS. Author, March 9, 2023December 25, 2024, Henry James, Communication, Emotion, Thought, 0 Henry James Author · USA
She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy! Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry James, Contrast, Darkness, Light, 0 Henry James Author · USA
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
