Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. – Oscar Wilde
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized. – Oscar Wilde
There can be nothing more frequent than an occasional drink. – Oscar Wilde
He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to denote a laxity, if not a decadence of morals. – Oscar Wilde
One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). Its why he found shooting on set boring – because he had already composed the film in his head. – Camille Paglia