James Huneker — American Writer born on January 31, 1857, died on February 09, 1921

James Gibbons Huneker was an American art, book, music, and theater critic. A colorful individual and an ambitious writer, he was "an American with a great mission," in the words of his friend, the critic Benjamin De Casseres, and that mission was to educate Americans about the best cultural achievements, native and European, of his time... (wikipedia)

Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.
All men of action are dreamers.
Great art is an instant arrested in eternity.
He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.
Scratch an artist and you surprise a child.