--- title: "16 Critics Quotes By Oscar Wilde" description: "16 Critics quotes by Oscar Wilde. Plus more from Oscar Wilde and more Critics sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/oscar-wilde-16_art_if-art-is-to-have-a-special-train-the-cr_954676.jpg" --- > [If art is to have a special train, the critic must keep some seats reserved on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-art-is-to-have-a-special-train-the-critic-must-keep-some-seats/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/oscar-wilde-16_art_if-art-is-to-have-a-special-train-the-cr_954676.jpg) > [When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/when-critics-disagree-the-artist-is-in-accord-with-himself/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/oscar-wilde-16_accord_when-critics-disagree-the-artist-is-in-a_708734.jpg) > [The job of the critic is to report to us his moods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-job-of-the-critic-is-to-report-to-us-his-moods/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/oscar-wilde-16_critic_the-job-of-the-critic-is-to-report-to-us_509458.jpg) > [Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/temperament-is-the-primary-requisite-for-the-critic-a-temperament/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/oscar-wilde-16_beauty_temperament-is-the-primary-requisite-for_2481816.jpg) > [On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/on-an-occasion-of-this-kind-it-becomes-more-than-a-moral-duty-to/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/oscar-wilde-16_character_on-an-occasion-of-this-kind-it-becomes-m_115974.jpg) > [No publisher should ever express an opinion of the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/no-publisher-should-ever-express-an-opinion-of-the-value-of-what-he/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/oscar-wilde-16_critics_no-publisher-should-ever-express-an-opin_977641.jpg) > [Artists reproduce themselves or each other, with wearisome iteration. But criticism is always moving on, and the critic is always developing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/artists-reproduce-themselves-or-each-other-with-wearisome-iteration/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c88/oscar-wilde-16_always-moving_artists-reproduce-themselves-or-each-oth_918932.jpg) > [“The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-highest-as-the-lowest-form-of-criticism-is-a-mode-of/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/oscar-wilde-16_critics_the-highest-as-the-lowest-form-of-critic_1413650.jpg) > [The true critic is he who bears within himself the dreams and ideas and feelings of myriad generations, and to whom no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-true-critic-is-he-who-bears-within-himself-the-dreams-and-ideas/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/oscar-wilde-16_aliens_the-true-critic-is-he-who-bears-within-h_3145696.jpg) > [The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-nineteenth-century-is-a-turning-point-in-history-simply-on/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/oscar-wilde-16_accounts_the-nineteenth-century-is-a-turning-poin_1224047.jpg) > [The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-artist-is-the-creator-of-beautiful-things-to-reveal-art-and-3/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/oscar-wilde-16_aim_the-artist-is-the-creator-of-beautiful-t_2138957.jpg) > [All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/all-art-is-at-once-surface-and-symbol-those-who-go-beneath-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/oscar-wilde-16_accord_all-art-is-at-once-surface-and-symbol-th_110367.jpg) > [“Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree the artist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/diversity-of-opinion-about-a-work-of-art-shows-that-the-work-is-new-2/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/oscar-wilde-16_art_diversity-of-opinion-about-a-work-of-art_2686148.jpg) > [That is what the highest criticism really is, the record of one's own soul. It is more fascinating than history, as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/that-is-what-the-highest-criticism-really-is-the-record-of-one-s-own/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d55/oscar-wilde-16_abstract_that-is-what-the-highest-criticism-reall_2950396.jpg) > [Technique is really personality. That is the reason why the artist cannot teach it, why the pupil cannot learn it, and why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/technique-is-really-personality-that-is-the-reason-why-the-artist/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/oscar-wilde-16_aesthetic_technique-is-really-personality-that-is_345959.jpg) > [No publisher should ever express an opinion on the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/no-publisher-should-ever-express-an-opinion-on-the-value-of-what-he/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/oscar-wilde-16_anticipate_no-publisher-should-ever-express-an-opin_2221105.jpg) ## Other authors on Critics ## More by Oscar Wilde > [How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/how-else-but-through-a-broken-heart-may-lord-christ-enter-in/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-books-that-the-world-calls-immoral-are-the-books-that-show-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/bachelors-should-be-heavily-taxed-it-is-not-fair-that-some-men-should/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Who, being loved, is poor?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/who-being-loved-is-poor/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/basil-my-dear-boy-puts-everything-that-is-charming-in-him-into-his/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Anybody can be good in the country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/anybody-can-be-good-in-the-country/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/i-don-t-at-all-like-knowing-what-people-say-of-me-behind-my-back-it/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Alles Populäre ist falsch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/alles-popul-re-ist-falsch/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-these-elements-of-beauty-are-real-the-whole-thing-simply-appeals/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/to-love-one-s-self-is-the-beginning-of-a-life-long-romance/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/those-who-find-beautiful-meanings-in-beautiful-things-are-the/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/men-always-want-to-be-a-womans-first-love-women-have-a-more-subtle/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Why is it that at a bachelor's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/why-is-it-that-at-a-bachelor-s-establishment-the-servants-invariably/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/moderation-is-a-fatal-thing-enough-is-as-bad-as-a-meal-more-than/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/beauty-is-the-only-thing-that-time-cannot-harm-philosophies-fall-away/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/critics/oscar-wilde/#itemlist", "name": "16 Critics Quotes By Oscar Wilde", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If art is to have a special train, the critic must keep some seats reserved on it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/if-art-is-to-have-a-special-train-the-critic-must-keep-some-seats/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/oscar-wilde-16_art_if-art-is-to-have-a-special-train-the-cr_954676.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/oscar-wilde-16_art_if-art-is-to-have-a-special-train-the-cr_954676.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/oscar-wilde-16_art_if-art-is-to-have-a-special-train-the-cr_954676.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If art is to have a special train, the critic must keep some seats reserved on it.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/when-critics-disagree-the-artist-is-in-accord-with-himself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/oscar-wilde-16_accord_when-critics-disagree-the-artist-is-in-a_708734.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/oscar-wilde-16_accord_when-critics-disagree-the-artist-is-in-a_708734.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/oscar-wilde-16_accord_when-critics-disagree-the-artist-is-in-a_708734.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The job of the critic is to report to us his moods.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/the-job-of-the-critic-is-to-report-to-us-his-moods/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/oscar-wilde-16_critic_the-job-of-the-critic-is-to-report-to-us_509458.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/oscar-wilde-16_critic_the-job-of-the-critic-is-to-report-to-us_509458.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c7/oscar-wilde-16_critic_the-job-of-the-critic-is-to-report-to-us_509458.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The job of the critic is to report to us his moods.” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty gives us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Oscar Wilde" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/temperament-is-the-primary-requisite-for-the-critic-a-temperament/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/oscar-wilde-16_beauty_temperament-is-the-primary-requisite-for_2481816.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/oscar-wilde-16_beauty_temperament-is-the-primary-requisite-for_2481816.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/oscar-wilde-16_beauty_temperament-is-the-primary-requisite-for_2481816.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and…” — Oscar Wilde", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. 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