Quotes by Wilde, Oscar

In going to America one learns that poverty is not a necessary accompa >>

The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is >>

One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should b >>

Quotations about Publishing and Publishers

To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should >>

If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the pri >>

A publisher is a specialized form of bank or building society, caterin >>

No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide. I can quite understand how any ordinary critic would be strongly prejudiced against a work that was accompanied by a premature and unnecessary panegyric from the publisher. A publisher is simply a useful middle-man. It is not for him to anticipate the verdict of criticism.

Wilde, Oscar