Quotes by Wilde, Oscar

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. >>

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artis >>

There is no such thing as a moral book or an immoral book. Books are w >>

Quotations about Style

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style >>

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transm >>

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. >>

While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at.

Wilde, Oscar