No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

Oscar Wilde

Intentions

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Topic

Artistic vision Artists Art

Speaker

Vivian

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Decay of Lying Intentions

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Decay of Lying." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Decay of Lying." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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I don't like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself. Your own reality—for yourself, not for others—what no other man can ever know.

Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

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Topic
Value of work Work

Author

Joseph Conrad
Source
Heart of Darkness
Language
English
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Blackwood's Magazine. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, Feb. 1899 - Apr. 1899.

Current Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Heart of Darkness and Other Tales, edited by Cedric Watts. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 1.

Another quote about Art

I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

Horace

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Topic
Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry

Author

Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 30.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk, 3, no. 30.