Henry James
Henry James
Henry James, OM15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-born writer. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 April 1843
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
office mind criticism
The effect, if not the prime office, of criticism is to make our absorption and our enjoyment of the things that feed the mind as aware of itself as possible, since that awareness quickens the mental demand, which thus in turn wanders further and further for pasture. This action on the part of the mind practically amounts to a reaching out for the reasons of its interest, as only by its ascertaining them can the interest grow more various. This is the very education of our imaginative life.
art practice criticism
The practice of "reviewing"... in general has nothing in common with the art of criticism.
fashion art criticism
Nothing, of course, will ever take the place of the good old fashion of 'liking' a work of art or not liking it; the more improved criticism will not abolish that primitive, that ultimate, test.
art criticism world
Criticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance.
artist ideas criticism
We must grant the artist his subject, his idea, his donn´e: our criticism is applied only to what he makes of it.
judging people criticism
Of course you're always at liberty to judge the critic. Judge people as critics, however, and you'll condemn them all!
appreciate intellectual criticism
To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.
matter mistake
Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?
boats hide ram steal
On moonless nights, they would hide with lanterns to get boats to ram into barges so they could steal from the ships.
egg harbor leads people
She is the one who leads the people of Little Egg Harbor to freedom.
owner percent time
Most of the time they can get the loan, but it's not 100 percent. The owner usually has to come up with 35 to 40 percent of the money.
beast begun figured happen solitude
What could the thing that was to happen to him be, after all, but just this thing that had begun to happen? Her dying, her death, his consequent solitude - that was what he had figured as the beast in the jungle.
Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that what have you had?
art beauty force life substitute whatever
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.