Oscar WildeIrish poet, author, playwright |
She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art`s aim.
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.
Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.