It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes.
Oscar WildeRich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.
Oscar WildeThere should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate--not to the artist but to the public.... Without them we would judge a man simply by his work; but at present the newspapers are trying hard to induce the public to judge a sculptor, for instance, never by his statues but by the way he treats his wife; a painter by the amount of his income and a poet by the colour of his necktie.
Oscar WildeThe only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.
Oscar Wilde