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Quote by Oscar Wilde
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, its dead

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, its dead for you. – Oscar Wilde

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Society exists only as a mental concept in the real world there are only individuals. – Oscar Wilde

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Society
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The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to encourage in others. – Oscar Wilde

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Laziness
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Everything that has ever been called folk art has always reflected domination. – Theodor Adorno

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Art

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. – Gustave Flaubert

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And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter. – Beatrice Wood

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Art

Art is the objectification of feeling. – Herman Melville

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When a woman wants a man and lusts after him, the lover need not bother to conjure up opportunities, for she will find more in an hour than we men could think of in a century. – Source Unknown

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The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music. – Stendhal

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The truth is lived, not taught. – Hermann Hesse

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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard. – Barbara Tuchman

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