He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. wisdom
James Huneker Author
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Jan 31, 1857
- Died: Feb 9, 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.