All art is quite useless.
Tag: Oscar Wilde
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When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.
All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their own peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their own peril.
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing, as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.
It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give really unbiased opinions, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless.
I have the simplest of tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.