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> [The biographer who writes the life of his subject's self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/the-biographer-who-writes-the-life-of-his-subject-s-self-concept/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

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## More by Leon Edel

> [Of the creative spirits that flourished in Concord, Massachusetts, it might be said that Hawthorne loved men but felt estranged from them, Emerson loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/of-the-creative-spirits-that-flourished-in-concord-massachusetts-it/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

> [Any biographer must of necessity become a pilgrim a peripatetic, obsessed literary pilgrim, a traveler with four eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/any-biographer-must-of-necessity-become-a-pilgrim-a-peripatetic/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

> [Henry James joyously engaged in the act of writing. A good day's writing gave him a sense of strength, of control over chaos, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/henry-james-joyously-engaged-in-the-act-of-writing-a-good-day-s/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

> [The biographer who writes the life of his subject's self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/the-biographer-who-writes-the-life-of-his-subject-s-self-concept/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

> [The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/the-answer-to-old-age-is-to-keep-one-s-mind-busy-and-to-go-on-with/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

> [The biographer who writes the life of his subjects self-concept passes through a fade into the inner house of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/the-biographer-who-writes-the-life-of-his-subjects-self-concept/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

> [The secret of biography resides in finding the link between talent and achievement. A biography seems irrelevant if it doesnt discover the overlap between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-edel/the-secret-of-biography-resides-in-finding-the-link-between-talent/)

[Leon Edel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-edel/)

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