No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

Until this moment, I never understood how hard it was to lose something you never...

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;...

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can...

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities...

There is a sort of charm in ugliness, if the person has some redeeming qualities...

Charm is more than beauty

Charm is more than beauty

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.