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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

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I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it. – Henry James

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People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if youre nice to the second housemaid. – Henry James

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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. – Aristotle

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All great art is the work of the whole living creature, body and soul, and chiefly of the soul. – John Ruskin

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Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. – Groucho Marx

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Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. – Lionel Trilling

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