"We must grant the artist his subject, his idea, his donnÂ´e: our criticism is applied only to what he makes of it."

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Henry James

#Artist Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Criticism Quotes

“The more time went by, the more something just happened, an Oh my god - I want to love someone freely and walk down the street and hold my girlfriendâ€™s hand,”
“Finally, you get the job, and you think you'll be dancing on the ceiling, but I just wanted to go take a nap. It was just like a weight had been lifted off or something.”
“I think that when somebody, when people really have a connection with each other, they change each other. You become a different person, hopefully a better person, because of it.”
“I really just try to focus every day on delivering the most honest portrayal I can and let everything else take care of itself.”
“If you can reincarnate, what do you wanna be in your next life? I think I want to become a rock. A stone has no troubles and lives a simple life. The worst that could happen would be being stepped on, but that won't hurt. Am I right? What about you? What are you thinking? I've already thought it over for you. You'll become the wind. Because the wind is one of the world's cleanest things. Moreover, the wind can blow upon the rock, moving it. As it blows, the rock will eventually turn into sand. This way, the sand and wind can be together. Sand and wind are meant to be together.”
“Why should I ask the wise men: Whence is my beginning? I am busy with the thought: Where will be my end?”
“By natural means, as the Lord always operates for the accomplishment of his purposes, means so simple that the thoughtless and unbelieving do not see the manifestation of his power, he brought the Puritans from the old world to New England, the Dutch to New York, the English Cavaliers to Virginia and the French to New Orleans, a combination of races which, paradoxical as it may appear, was just calculated to give us the composite America who made the United States of America what it is, the greatest nation of the world today.”
“The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.”

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