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Art only begins where Imitation ends.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde
Age: 46 †
Born: 1854
Born: October 16
Died: 1900
Died: November 30
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Dublin city
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Consistency is the hallmark of the unimaginative.
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The soul is a terrible reality. It can be bought and sold and bartered away.
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Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them. The past, the present and the future are but one moment in the sight of God, in whose sight we should try to live. Time and space, succession and extension, are merely accidental conditions of thought. The imagination can transcend them.
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Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless.
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I will not bare my soul to their shallow prying eyes. My heart shall never be put under their microscope.
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We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.
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The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions.
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To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.
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