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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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One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. – Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde
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Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art. – Tom Stoppard

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Artists dont make objects. Artists make mythologies. – Anish Kapoor

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All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oysters autobiography. – Federico Fellini

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The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above. – Cyril Connolly

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