More from Oscar Wilde
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), Act III
More about art
- ?UnattributedOften credited to Steve Martin
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.
Oscar Wilde on art
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), The Preface
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