Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber
Oscar WildeWhile one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first personality, which no one should copy.
Oscar WildeThe work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.
Oscar WildeA temperament capable of receiving, through an imaginative medium, and under imaginative conditions, new and beautiful impressions, is the only temperament that can appreciate a work of art.
Oscar Wilde