Irish - Dramatist | October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900
Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
Oscar Wilde
ArtForceDisturbingIndividualism
Yes, there is a terrible moral in 'Dorian Gray' - a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy. Is this an artistic error? I fear it is. It is the only error in the book.
FearBookFindMoralHealthyWill
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
WorldShameOwnShowBooksImmoral
One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
PastPeopleWayOnlyShouldJudged
There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.
MarriageWomanManWorldNothing
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
EducationHelpYouWillRead
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
FriendshipFriendsEnemiesHeHis
Charity creates a multitude of sins.
CharityMultitudeSinsCreates
You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.
CourageMeYouWillNeverAlways
The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the head and the workman's heart.
GoodHeartArtDoneOutHead
The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.
LifeWorldLooksAnythingLike
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
LifeTalentMy LifeGeniusOnlyPut
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Oscar Wilde quotes