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
Education is an admirable thing, but nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."

R
There is no sin except stupidity.
A
No work of art ever puts forward views. Views belong to people who are not artists.
N
"I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful."
K
"The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat."
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Gilbert, in "The Critic as Artist," pt. 1 (published in Intentions, 1891)."
R: "Gilbert, in "The Critic as Artist," pt. 2 (published in Intentions, 1891)."
A: ", in Regina (Wilde) v. Queensberry, 3 Apr 1895."
N: ""The Value of Art in Modern Life," 1884."
K: "Basil Hallward, in "The Picture of Dorian Gray," ch. 1, 1891."
   



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