April 30, 2012
"We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art."

—

Henry James in “The Middle Years” (via explore-blog)

I don’t remember where I first saw this.  Some Franzen essay, maybe.  (That’s right, I can read!)

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