They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else, quite oblivious of the fact that if either of them did anything of the kind he would cease to be an artist. β¨ Oscar Wilde (1997). Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the Essays Including De Profundis, p.1054, Wordsworth Editions
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- Men become old, but they never become good. β¨ Oscar Wilde, Alyssa Harad (2005). The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays, p.120, Simon and Schuster
- When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy. β¨ Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000) β¦ βΆ
- We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it β¨ Oscar Wilde (2012). Epigrams, p.114, BoD β Books on Demand
- Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. β¨ Oscar Wilde (1947). The Happy Prince, p.16, New Line Publishing
- The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless. β¨ Oscar Wilde (1997). Collected Works of Oscar Wilde: The Plays, the Poems, the Stories and the β¦ βΆ
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