Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women.
More Quotes by Henry James
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.
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.
In art economy is always beauty.
Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.
However British you may be, I am more British still.