To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim

Quote by Oscar Wilde

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Biography lends to death a new terror.

Biography lends to death a new terror.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had...

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it....

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

Nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love: it is the faithless...

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

Work is the curse of the drinking classes.

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

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

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a...

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a...

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation

True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation