Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take... - Henry James

"Criticism talks a good deal of nonsense, but even its nonsense is a useful force. It keeps the question of art before the world, insists upon its importance."

"Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind."

"She feels in italics and thinks in CAPITALS."

"Life is a predicament which precedes death."

"It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process."