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Quote by Oscar Wilde
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. – Oscar Wilde

Other quotes by Oscar Wilde

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. – Oscar Wilde

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good
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Oscar Wilde
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I know not whether Laws be right or whether Laws be wrong; all that we know who live in gaol is that the wall is strong; and that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long. – Oscar Wilde

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Prison
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Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects. – Oscar Wilde

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Love
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Oscar Wilde
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Other Quotes from
Art
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A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds. – Henry Moore

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Art

The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world. РAndr̩ Malraux

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Art

The more horrifying this world becomes, the more art becomes abstract. – Ellen Key

Category:
Art

In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them – unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event. – Theodore Bikel

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Art

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History is the science of things which are not repeated. – Paul Valery

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We are preoccupied with time. If we could learn to love space as deeply as we are now obsessed with time, we might discover a new meaning in the phrase to live like men. – Edward Abbey

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Time

Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger. – Ben Okri

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I have watched people who have nothing to do with the film business, but who have become part of the circle for a short period of time. They can be truly devastated when the film wraps and people leave. – Jacqueline Bisset

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