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  • Oscar Wilde Quotes   1859
  • There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate--not to the artist but to the public.... Without them we would judge a man simply by his work; but at present the newspapers are trying hard to induce the public to judge a sculptor, for instance, never by his statues but by the way he treats his wife; a painter by the amount of his income and a poet by the colour of his necktie.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Art Quotes , Writing Quotes
  • The final mystery is oneself. When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens star by star, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul?
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Stars Quotes , Moon Quotes