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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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Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys. – Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde
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Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before. – Edith Wharton

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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. – Ulysses S. Grant

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The artists world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. – Paul Strand

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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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