I am not sure I like it myself. But catastrophes in life bring about catastrophes in art. (on his Ballad of Reading Gaol)
Oscar Wilde Quotes
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.
All art is quite useless.
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time and prevents arguments.
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it, but molds it to its purpose.
