Quote by Henry James
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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

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. – Henry James

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Exile
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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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alone
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Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. – Henry James

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Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier. – Marie Laurencin

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One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a certain freedom. – Thom Yorke

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Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. – Leonardo da Vinci

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Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well but their manners should be of the greatest concern. – R. Buckminster Fuller

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