Creative Quotations from . . .
Oscar Wilde
(1856-1900) born on Oct 16
Anglo-Irish "playwright, novelist". "He was noted for his flamboyant witty, sophisticated plays, e.g., "The Importance of Being Ernest," 1895."
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F
The Bostonians take their learning too sadly: culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their "Hub," as they call it, is the paradise of prigs."

R
No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.
A
"In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other."
N
There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America.
K
"Where there is no exaggeration there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding. It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiased opinion. . ."
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: ""The American Invasion," in Court and Society Review (London, March 1887)."
R: ""The Picture of Dorian Gray," Preface, 1891."
A: ""Pen, Pencil and Poison," in "Fortnightly Review," (London, Jan 1889)."
N: ""Personal Impressions of America," lecture 10, Jul 1883."
K: ""Mr. Pater's Last Volume," in "The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde," ed. by Richard Ellman, 1982."
   



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