A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty…

Oscar Wilde
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A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. ...Art is the most intense mode of Individualism that the world has known. I am inclined to say that it is the only real mode of Individualism that the world has known. ...Art is Individualism. ✨ Oscar Wilde (1969). The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde, p.270, University of Chicago Press
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