Wilde

Famous quotes containing the word wilde:

“The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“The value of an idea has nothing whatsoever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Indeed, the probabilities are that the more insincere the man is, the more purely intellectual will the idea be, as in that case it will not be coloured by either his wants, his desires, or his prejudices.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)