James Huneker

thumb|James Huneker James Gibbons Huneker (31 January 1857 – 9 February 1921) was an American music writer and critic. Huneker was one of the first to write of Gauguin, Ibsen, Wagner, Nietzsche, France, van Gogh, and George Moore. Quotes Great art is an instant arrested in eternity. The Pathos of Distance (1915), p. 120 He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. The Pathos of Distance (1915), p. 257 Barry supported the lady, whose voice was not powerful enough for the big auditorium. I asked him how she succeeded—I was at another theatre. "Obscene but not heard," he answered. Steeplejack (1920), vol. 2, p. 157 Cf. Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land (1961), ch. 35 External links Category:Musicologists Category:1921 deaths Category:Music critics Category:Art critics Category:People from Philadelphia