James Huneker Biography

James Huneker, Writer
Born asJames Gibbons Huneker
Occup.Writer
FromUSA
BornJanuary 31, 1857
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
DiedFebruary 9, 1921
Aged64 years
James Gibbons Huneker was an American writer, music, imaginative and literary movie critic.

He studied as a pianist at the Alfredo Barili, and after that took lessons in Paris, consisting of a George Matia. From 1885 he lived as well as operated in New York, consulting with critical posts in The New York Times as well as other newspapers and magazines. Among those whose deal with the details Haneker informed an American target market - Richard Wagner, Friedrich Nietzsche, Henrik Ibsen, Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, etc.

Haneker committed to specific publications Frederic Chopin (birthed Chopin: The Man and also His Music; 1900) and also Franz Liszt (1911), published their own comments to the full collection of music by Chopin as well as a posting piano jobs of Johannes Brahms. Several of his short articles were accumulated in the collections - among them, published in 1913 publication function posts about music, signed by the pseudonym Old Fogy (Staro Rus), and a book of posts about the paint "Walking impressionist" (English Promenades of an Impressionist). Published Haneker and collections of short stories.

Based on casual monitoring Hanekera that "individuals with petty spirit, no matter just how short lived their fingers to avoid Chopin Etudes", Douglas Hofstadter suggested calling hanekerom device depths.

Our collection contains 5 quotes who is written / told by James, under the main topics: Wisdom - Dreams.

Related authors: Friedrich Nietzsche (Philosopher), Richard Wagner (Composer), Frederic Chopin (Composer), Douglas Hofstadter (Writer), Henrik Ibsen (Poet), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Vincent Van Gogh (Artist), Franz Liszt (Composer), Paul Gauguin (Artist), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

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5 Famous quotes by James Huneker

Small: Great art is an instant arrested in eternity
"Great art is an instant arrested in eternity"
Small: 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"
Small: All men of action are dreamers
"All men of action are dreamers"
Small: Scratch an artist and you surprise a child
"Scratch an artist and you surprise a child"
Small: 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"