Henry James Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: April 15, 1843 - February 28, 1916
Birthday: April 15
Death: February 28
Nothing, of course, will ever take the place of the good old fashion of 'liking' a work of art or not liking it; the more improved criticism will not abolish that primitive, that ultimate, test.
source: Henry James, William Veeder, Susan M. Griffin (1986). “The Art of Criticism: Henry James on the Theory and the Practice of Fiction”, p.176, University of Chicago Press
topic: Fashion, Art, Criticism, Old Fashion
