By the artificial separation of soul and body men have invented a Realism that is vulgar and an Idealism that is void. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“M. Zola sits down to give us a picture of the Second Empire. Who cares for the Second Empire now? It is… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Lady Caroline: As far as I can make out, the young women of the present day seem to make it the sole… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share
