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

Other quotes by Oscar Wilde

One knows so well the popular idea of health. The English country gentleman galloping after a fox — the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable. – Oscar Wilde

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Hunting
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Children begin by loving their parents after a time they judge them rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. – Oscar Wilde

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Time
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The community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime. – Oscar Wilde

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Torture
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I view art as an inspirational tool. – Thomas Kincade

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Art

The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate. – John Keats

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A verbal art like poetry is reflective it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become. – W. H. Auden

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Art

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life. – Simone Weil

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Art

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But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or Id never find a man. Whats very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans Ive ever met. Hes a great man and a very good dad. – Zosia Mamet

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A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals. – Robert M. Hutchins

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