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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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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. – Oscar Wilde

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Money
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Oscar Wilde
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You should study the Peerage, Gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done. – Oscar Wilde

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Aristocracy
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Yes, 85 percent of the art you see isnt any good. But everyone has a different opinion about which 85 percent is bad. That in turn creates fantastically unstable interplay and argument. – Jerry Saltz

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I dont listen to what art critics say. I dont know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. – Jean-Michel Basquiat

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A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. – Hedy Lamarr

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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. – Edmund Burke

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