A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. ✨ Oscar Wi…

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A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. ✨ Oscar Wilde (1969). The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde, p.270, University of Chicago Press
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