Oscar Wilde on Aesthetics
Browse 6 quotations attributed to Oscar Wilde, catalogued under Aesthetics, with dates where available.
This page displays 6 quotations attributed to Oscar Wilde and filed under "Aesthetics" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Oscar Wilde, entry #138: "Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event."
Attributed to Oscar Wilde, entry #133: "If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity."
6 Quotes by Oscar Wilde on Aesthetics
"Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event."
"If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity."
"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative."
"A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle."
"A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it."
"A poet can survive everything but a misprint."