People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. – Oscar Wilde
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. – Oscar Wilde
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. – Oscar Wilde
Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion. – Oscar Wilde
My thinking tends to be libertarian. That is, I oppose intrusions of the state into the private realm — as in abortion, sodomy, prostitution, pornography, drug use, or suicide, all of which I would strongly defend as matters of free choice in a representative democracy. – Camille Anna Paglia