In a play, certainly, the subject is of more importance than in any other work of art. Infelicity, triviality, vagueness of subject, may be outweighed in a poem, a novel, or a picture, by charm of manner, by ingenuity of execution; but in a drama the subject is of the essence of the work-it is the work. If it is feeble, the work can have no force; if it is shapeless, the work must be amorphous.
Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet. - Henry James
Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.
- Henry James
Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history. - Henry James
Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.
I have lived too long in foreign parts - Henry James
I have lived too long in foreign parts
The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself. - Henry James
The visible world is but man turned inside out that he may be revealed to himself.
I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination. - Henry James
I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination.
She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS. - Henry James
She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS.
In art economy is always beauty. - Henry James
In art economy is always beauty.
A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals. - Henry James
A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.
We must for dear life make our own counter-realities. - Henry James
We must for dear life make our own counter-realities.
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