Quote of Oscar Wilde ? - The moment you think you understand...
Biography - Oscar Wilde:
Irish playwright, novelist, essayist and poet.
Born: 1854 - Died: 1900
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1854 - Died: 1900
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
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Quotes about art:
The more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people.
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'
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