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
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. – Oscar Wilde
As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied. – Oscar Wilde
If one plays good music, people dont listen and if one plays bad music people dont talk. – Oscar Wilde
The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorize the violation of every positive law. How far that or any other consideration may operate to dissolve the natural obligations of humanity and justice, is a doctrine of which I still desire to remain ignorant. – Edward Gibbon