No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an… — Oscar Wilde
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
Intentions · 1891
★ 3.7Provenance
Current citation
Wilde, Oscar. "The Decay of Lying." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.
Original citation
Wilde, Oscar. "The Decay of Lying." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891.
