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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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The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful. – Oscar Wilde

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No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. – Oscar Wilde

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