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

I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye upon that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky. – Oscar Wilde

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Sky & Clouds
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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. – Oscar Wilde

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Miscellaneous
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It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious. – Oscar Wilde

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Charm
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Other Quotes from
Art
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Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe. – Jerry Saltz

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Art

I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible. – Michelangelo

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Art

Music is Gods gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven. – Walter Savage Landor

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Art

Medicine is not only a science it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided. – Paracelsus

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Art

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Thats the true spirit of Christmas people being helped by people other than me. – Jerry Seinfeld

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