Quotes by : Henry James

The effort really to see and really to represent is no idle business in face of the constant force that....

The historic atmosphere was there, certainly; but the historic atmosphere, scientifically considered,....

..if I dont do something on the grand scale, it is that my genius is altogether imitative, and that I....

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would....

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, and I know of no substitute for the force....

Mrs. Almond lived much farther up town, in an embryonic street with a high number—a region where the....

However British you may be, I am more British still.

The American girl isn't ANY girl she's a remarkable specimen in a remarkable species.

I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do.

She had been expecting me and was ready. She gave a long slow soundless headshake, merciful only in being....