James Huneker famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.
-- James Huneker

#Wisdom #Stupid #Knowledge
All men of action are dreamers.
-- James Huneker

#Dream #Men #Dreamer
Great art is an instant arrested in eternity.
-- James Huneker

#Art #Eternity #Instant
Let there be no mincing of comparisons in this assertion. Not Turner, not Monet, painted so directly blinding shafts of sunlight as has this Spaniard.
-- James Huneker

#Light #Monet #Turner
There are people who don't say a thing and sound magnificent!
-- James Huneker

#Communication #People #Sound
Scratch an artist and you surprise a child.
-- James Huneker

#Art #Children #Scratches
Lawyers earn a living by the sweat of browbeating others.
-- James Huneker

#Sweat #Lawyer
The chaste woman who teases is worse than a streetwalker.
-- James Huneker

#Women #Tease #Chaste
Liszt's so-called piano music is nothing but Chopin and brandy.
-- James Huneker

#Music #Piano #Music Is
Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.
-- James Huneker

#Summer #July #Life Sucks
Lawyers earn their bread in the sweat of their browbeating.
-- James Huneker

#Sweat #Bread #Lawyer

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