"It is Nature who makes our artists..." - Quote by Oscar Wilde
It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.
More by Oscar Wilde
“The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.”
“Thinking is wonderful, but the experience is even more wonderful.”
“Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.”
More on Art
“Comedy, although it is not one of the fine arts - it's a vulgar art, it's one of the people's arts, it's the spoken word, the writing that goes into it is an art form - it's certainly artistry.”
“Cooking is a form of flattery....a mischievous, deceitful, mean and ignoble activity, which cheats us by shapes and colors, by smoothing and draping.”
“Beauty is not democratic; she reveals herself more to the few than to the many.”
More on Nature
“Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow; Gloves as sweet as damask roses.”
“Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.”
“Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.”