No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating. Oscar Wilde on age
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Oscar Wilde on art
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. Oscar Wilde on art
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. Oscar Wilde on art
Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life. Oscar Wilde on art
I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. Oscar Wilde on art
It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection. Oscar Wilde on art
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you. Oscar Wilde on art
It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art. Oscar Wilde on art
What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying. Oscar Wilde on art
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike. Oscar Wilde on attitude
There is something terribly morbid in the modern sympathy with pain. One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life. The less said about life's sores the better. Oscar Wilde on beauty
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. Oscar Wilde on best
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one. Oscar Wilde on best
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to. Oscar Wilde on courage
Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away. Oscar Wilde on death
One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation. Oscar Wilde on death
Biography lends to death a new terror. Oscar Wilde on death
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. Oscar Wilde on dreams