James Huneker quotes
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“He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.”
-- James HunekerSource : James Huneker (1913). “The Pathos of Distance: A Book of a Thousand and One Moments”
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“All men of action are dreamers.”
-- James HunekerSource : James Huneker (1913). “The Pathos of Distance: A Book of a Thousand and One Moments”
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“Great art is an instant arrested in eternity.”
-- James HunekerSource : James Huneker (1913). “The Pathos of Distance: A Book of a Thousand and One Moments”
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“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 HunekerSource : James Huneker (1910). “Promenades of an Impressionist”
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“There are people who don't say a thing and sound magnificent!”
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“Scratch an artist and you surprise a child.”
-- James HunekerSource : James Huneker (2015). “Chopin”, p.13, Sheba Blake Publishing
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“Lawyers earn a living by the sweat of browbeating others.”
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“The chaste woman who teases is worse than a streetwalker.”
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“Liszt's so-called piano music is nothing but Chopin and brandy.”
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“Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.”
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“Lawyers earn their bread in the sweat of their browbeating.”
-- James HunekerSource : James Huneker (1920). “Painted Veils”
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