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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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Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. – Oscar Wilde

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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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The reading public is intellectually adolescent at best, and it is obvious that what is called significant literature will only be sold to this public by exactly the same methods as are used to sell it toothpaste, cathartics and automobiles. – Raymond Chandler

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The basic idea which runs right through modern history and modern liberalism is that the public has got to be marginalized. The general public are viewed as no more than ignorant and meddlesome outsiders, a bewildered herd. – Noam Chomsky

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

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