"If art is to have a special..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

“Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed.”

“Everything that is popular is wrong.”

“If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be, music and poetry would resound along the streets.”

“I have now attained the true art of letter-writing, which we are always told, is to express on paper exactly what one would say to the same person by word of mouth.”

“What art seeks to disturb is monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine.”

“Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you're not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!”

“Criticism polishes my mirror.”

“Unmerited abuse wounds, while unmerited praise has not the power to heal.”