Henry James Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.”

“Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.”

“I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.”

“We work in 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.”

“Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”

“What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?”

“I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace.”

“There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.”

“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.”

“The right time is any time that one is still so lucky as to have.”