It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection. It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. * * * No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance. But … it is better to be good than to be ugly.Ī work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. ‘Men become old, but they never become good.It is better to be beautiful than to be good. ‘A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.’ The Picture of Dorian Gray ‘Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.’ The Picture of Dorian Gray ‘As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.’ The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde quotes on men A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.’ A Woman of No Importance ‘One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. ‘Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.’ A Woman of No Importance ‘Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.’ Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Happy Prince and Other Stories There is passion, emnity, love, but no friendship.’ Lady Windemere’s Fan Oscar Wilde quotes on women ‘Between men and women there is no friendship possible. ‘Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.’ The Picture of Dorian Gray ‘Love is easily killed.’ Lady Windermere’s Fan Oscar Wilde quotes on friendship ‘What a silly thing love is! It is not half as useful as logic, for it is always telling one things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true.’ The Nightengale and the Rose ‘Who, being loved, is poor?’ A Woman of No Importance ‘Hearts are made to be broken.’ De Profundis ‘I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.’ The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde quotes on love “There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. ‘To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.’ An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde quotes on reading ‘I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.’ The Remarkable Rocket, The Happy Prince and Other Stories ‘All art is quite useless.’ The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde quotes on self-confidence The future is what artists are.’ The Soul of Man Under Socialism ‘For the past is what man should not have been. ‘Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.’ The Soul of Man Under Socialism ‘When the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.’ An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde quotes on art ‘There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.’ The Picture of Dorian Gray It is asking other people to live as one wishes to live.’ The Soul of Man Under Socialism ‘Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. ‘To win back my youth, Gerald, there is nothing I wouldn't do - except take exercise, get up early, or be a useful member of the community.’ A Woman of No Importance Life is a hope.’ A Woman of No Importance ‘Nothing should be out of the reach of hope. ‘To realise one’s nature perfectly – that is what each of us is here for.’ The Picture of Dorian Gray Most people exist, that is all.’ The Soul of Man Under Socialism ‘To live is the rarest thing in the world. And perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.’ An Ideal Husband
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