Henry James Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?

  Henry James

  Inspirational, Determination, Character

  "The Art of Fiction" (1884)

• Ideas are, in truth, forces. Infinite, too, is the power of personality. A union of the two always makes history.

  Henry James

  Character, Ideas, Two

  Henry James (1930). “Charles W. Eliot: President of Harvard University, 1869-1909”

• What is either a picture or a novel that is not character?

  Henry James

  Writing, Character, Novel

  Partial Portraits (1888) "Art of Fiction"

• She had her own way of doing all that she did, and this is the simplest description of a character which, although by no means without liberal motions, rarely succeeded in giving an impression of suavity.

  Henry James

  Character, Mean, Giving

  Henry James (2016). “Portrait of a Lady”, p.31, Henry James

• Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare.

  Henry James

  Character, Care, Take Care

  Henry James (2015). “The Complete Novels of Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady + The Wings of the Dove + What Maisie Knew + The American + The Bostonian + The Ambassadors + Washington Square and more (Unabridged): Confidence + Roderick Hudson + The Awkward Age + The Europeans + The Golden Bowl + The Other House + The Outcry + The Princess Casamassima + The Reverberator + The Sacred Fount….”, p.2577, e-artnow

• The effort really to see and really to represent is no idle business in face of the constant force that makes for muddlement. The great thing is indeed that the muddled state too is one of the very sharpest of the realities, that it also has color and form and character, has often in fact a broad and rich comicality.

  Henry James

  Character, Reality, Color

  Henry James (1979). “What Maisie Knew: In the Cage - The Pupil”, Augustus m Kelley Pubs

• Don't try so much to form your character - it's like trying to pull open a tight, tender young rose. Live as you like best and your character will take care of itself.

  Henry James

  Character, Rose, Trying

  Henry James (2016). “Henry James: The Complete Novels [The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl, etc.] (Book House)”, p.988, Book House

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