Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

James Huneker Quotes: Scratch an artist and you surprise a child.
         

Scratch an artist and you surprise a child.


James Huneker
Check all other quotes by James Huneker

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"James Huneker Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 24 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Scratch-an-artist-and-you-surprise-a-684771>.





Check out


Other quotes of James Huneker


Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.

Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.



He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.



All men of action are dreamers.

All men of action are dreamers.



Great art is an instant arrested in eternity.

Great art is an instant arrested in eternity.



We are all snobs of the Infinite, parvenus of the Eternal.

We are all snobs of the Infinite, parvenus of the Eternal.



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.

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.



Lawyers earn a living by the sweat of browbeating others.

Lawyers earn a living by the sweat of browbeating others.



Lawyers earn their bread in the sweat of their browbeating.

Lawyers earn their bread in the sweat of their browbeating.



Liszt's so-called piano music is nothing but Chopin and brandy.

Liszt's so-called piano music is nothing but Chopin and brandy.



The chaste woman who teases is worse than a streetwalker.

The chaste woman who teases is worse than a streetwalker.





Other quotes you may like


Human beings can reach such desperate solitude that they may cross a boundary beyond which words cannot serve, and at such moments there is nothing left for them but to bark.

Human beings can reach such desperate solitude that they may cross a boundary beyond which words cannot serve, and at such moments there is nothing left for them but to bark.



Ephemeral" It means 'which is in danger of speedy disappearance.

Ephemeral" It means 'which is in danger of speedy disappearance.



Splatter the brain matter of my enemies, with the same bullet trajectory that murdered John Kennedy

Splatter the brain matter of my enemies, with the same bullet trajectory that murdered John Kennedy



I felt great! I'm ready to roll tonight!

I felt great! I'm ready to roll tonight!



That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one.

That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one.



If I cannot live with myself, there must be two of me: the 'I' and the 'self' that 'I' cannot live with. Maybe, I thought, only one of them is real.

If I cannot live with myself, there must be two of me: the 'I' and the 'self' that 'I' cannot live with. Maybe, I thought, only one of them is real.



I trust you with my life

I trust you with my life



If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love.

If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love.



Our social and economic systems are so devoid of humanity and love.

Our social and economic systems are so devoid of humanity and love.



In a way, I pick out the films that have a same attitude as music that I like.

In a way, I pick out the films that have a same attitude as music that I like.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Scratch an artist and you surprise a child.". Author of this quote is James Huneker. This quote is about surprise, art, artist, children, scratches,.