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Quote by Oscar Wilde
The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art

The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral. – Oscar Wilde

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If one plays good music, people dont listen and if one plays bad music people dont talk. – Oscar Wilde

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Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibers, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams. – Oscar Wilde

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The Public is a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility. – John Keats

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Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public. – Johann von Goethe

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If you have got the public in the palm of your hand, you can be sure that is where they want to be. – Cliff Richard

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The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations. – Andre Breton

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Whats breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank? – Bertolt Brecht

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