Things are because we see them, and what we see, and how we see it, depends on the Arts that influenced us. To look at a thing is very different from seeing a thing. One does not see anything until one sees its beauty. Then, and then only, does it comes into existence.
- Oscar Wilde
More Quotes By Oscar Wilde
It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than... One does not see anything until one sees its beauty.
The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. And... Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm.
You love the beauty that you can see and touch and handle, the beauty that you can destroy,... No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be... After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things... Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow one... More than half of modern culture depends upon what one shouldn’t read.
The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always... Music is the art… which most completely realizes the artistic idea and is the condition to which all... A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he... Oh! it is absurd to have a hard-and-fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn’t....
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