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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. – Henry James

Other quotes by Henry James

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

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Coffee (or Tea)
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Henry James
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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. – Henry James

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Experience
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Henry James
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Art
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Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

Ive sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture. – Danny Boyle

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Art

The art world can be very intimidating because its just so vast. You talk to people who are really clued in to all the young artists and coming into it youre never going to be able to catch up immediately, even though theres pressure to. – Daniel Radcliffe

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Art

As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language. – Pablo Picasso

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Art

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Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts. – Minor White

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In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death. – Daniel Boone

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Socialism values equality more than liberty. – Dennis Prager

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Equality