Quotes by Wilde, Oscar

I can believe anything provided it is incredible. >>

Ambition is the last refuge of failure. >>

The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is ha >>

Quotations about Arts and Artists

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without >>

Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem. >>

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found. >>

Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.

Wilde, Oscar