The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. – Oscar Wilde
I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. – Oscar Wilde

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. – Oscar Wilde
I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability. – Oscar Wilde
Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid. – Oscar Wilde
Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything. – Oscar Wilde