All Henry James Quotes
- England always seems to me like a man swimming with his clothes on his head. Always Seems
- Art is a point of view, and a genius way of looking at things. Art
- I have only to let myself go! So I have said all my life, yet I have never fully done it. All
- It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe. American
- There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition. Emotion
- I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme. Any
- In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives. Alternate
- It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. Deal
- The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting. Accusation
- 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,… Cases
- 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… American
- Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself. Anyone
- 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… Firsts
- Deep experience is never peaceful. Deep
- Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet. Charming
- Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. Afternoon
- Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. Afternoon
- 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… Air
- It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. Amount
- The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life. Attempt